A20 crash in Greenwich on 27 December 2012 at 13:47 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A20 in Greenwich at 13:47 on Thursday 27 December 2012. The 23-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and the 48-year-old female driver of the Toyota Prius were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 13:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43471, longitude 0.06336, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham, Greenwich, SE9 3EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201PY20723
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 20
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 263
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 16 February 2007.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 16 February 2007
At the same spotRef 200701RG40068
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 20 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200401RG40313
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 30 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199701RG00505
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 9 February 2012
At the same spotRef 201201RG40086
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 3 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200801RG40191
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 11 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200301RG00111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
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 201201PY20723 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 2012.