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Unclassified road crash in Lewisham BR1 on 30 December 2012 at 21:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 21:00 on Sunday 30 December 2012. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2012
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43226, longitude 0.0185, in the BR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Downham, Lewisham, BR1 5LW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201PL60845
Council area
Lewisham
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
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
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 48 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

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 201201PL60845 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2012.