Serious A206 crash in Greenwich on 27 June 2006 at 11:37 involving a Ford Focus
A bus or coach and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A206 in Greenwich at 11:37 on Tuesday 27 June 2006. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Jun 2006
- Tuesday, 11:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49079, longitude 0.07583, in the SE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Thamesmead, Greenwich, SE28 0DA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601RG40451
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 23 October 2015
At the same spotRef 201501RG40618
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 17 October 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010028317
Slight
Van crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 8 January 1984
At the same spotRef 198401RW00011
Slight
Volvo crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 10 April 2006
At the same spotRef 200601RG40243
Slight
Car crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 14 March 1984
At the same spotRef 198401RW00140
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 9 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199801RA00014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200601RG40451 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2006.