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Unclassified road crash in Sutton SM1 on 15 December 2007 at 01:25 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi and a Mazda RX8 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sutton at 01:25 on Saturday 15 December 2007. The 64-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2007
Saturday, 01:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Mazda RX8
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36683, longitude -0.19915, in the SM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Central, Sutton, SM1 4AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701ZT80280
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda RX8

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,616 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

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 200701ZT80280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2007.