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C road crash in Merton SW19 on 13 December 2007 at 09:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Merton at 09:00 on Thursday 13 December 2007. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and the 56-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2007
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4112, longitude -0.17843, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lavender Fields, Merton, SW19 2SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701VW40436
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200701VW40436 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2007.