A23 crash in Lambeth on 29 December 2006 at 23:25 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 23:25 on Friday 29 December 2006. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta, a 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 48-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2006
- Friday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49638, longitude -0.1115, in the SE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kennington, Lambeth, SE11 6EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601LX51137
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3203
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 8 June 1989
At the same spotRef 198901LK00213
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 27 October 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010LK0409
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 19 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201LX00116
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 27 November 1993
At the same spotRef 199301LK00420
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 4 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401LK00477
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 29 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199001LK00487
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200601LX51137 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2006.