A2041 crash in Greenwich on 14 December 2008 at 17:35 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the A2041 in Greenwich at 17:35 on Sunday 14 December 2008. The 42-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2008
- Sunday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49906, longitude 0.12087, in the SE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thamesmead East, Bexley, SE2 9FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801RY10544
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2041
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 1997.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 8 October 1997
22 m awayRef 199701RA00376
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 4 July 2019
23 m awayRef 2019010191524
Serious
Car crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 18 September 2005
30 m awayRef 200501RY10434
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 2 April 2016
30 m awayRef 201601RG40151
Slight
Van crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 4 September 1999
51 m awayRef 199901RG00583
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 30 June 2025
57 m awayRef 2025010583837
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
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 200801RY10544 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 2008.