A2 crash in Bexley on 12 March 2012 at 06:45 involving a Ford Transit van
A car and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 06:45 on Monday 12 March 2012. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2012
- Monday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44777, longitude 0.15246, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary's & St James, Bexley, DA5 1LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201RY10092
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 2014.
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Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A2 in Bexley, 13 March 2005
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Bexley, 16 January 2000
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Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2 in Bexley, 7 June 2015
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Slight
Honda crash on the A2 in Bexley, 22 November 1999
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Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A2 in Bexley, 30 December 1993
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 201201RY10092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2012.