A24 crash in Merton on 2 July 2012 at 21:01 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A24 in Merton at 21:01 on Monday 2 July 2012. The 50-year-old male driver of the car and a 73-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2012
- Monday, 21:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4017, longitude -0.19764, in the SM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier, Merton, SM4 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201VW40245
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 286
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2007.
Slight
Renault crash on the A24 in Merton, 18 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200701VW40165
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Merton, 22 January 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010VW0037
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B286 in Merton, 27 February 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010092932
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B286 in Merton, 2 June 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010040955
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A24 in Merton, 30 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201001VW40049
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B286 in Merton, 20 July 1994
At the same spotRef 199401ZM00462
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201201VW40245 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2012.