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Serious C road crash in Southwark SE16 on 16 December 2012 at 19:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on a C road in Southwark at 19:15 on Sunday 16 December 2012. A 54-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 2012
Sunday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49799, longitude -0.06648, in the SE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Bermondsey, Southwark, SE16 2FS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201MM71053
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
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
A
Second road number
200

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201201MM71053 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2012.