A20 crash in Greenwich on 16 August 2012 at 18:34 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Greenwich at 18:34 on Thursday 16 August 2012. The 22-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and the 67-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2012
- Thursday, 18:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45335, longitude 0.0262, in the SE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eltham Page, Greenwich, SE9 6AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201RG40472
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2213
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 1998.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 19 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199801RG00285
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 28 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200001RG00159
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 7 January 1991
At the same spotRef 199101RG00013
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A2213 in Greenwich, 18 June 1998
At the same spotRef 199801RG00332
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 8 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701RG00038
Slight
Car crash on the A20 in Greenwich, 21 February 2012
At the same spotRef 201201RG40084
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201201RG40472 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.