A212 crash in Croydon on 19 December 2012 at 22:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A212 in Croydon at 22:55 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 27-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35842, longitude -0.05585, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Croydon, Croydon, CR0 5RE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201ZD39019
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 212
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A212 in Croydon, 8 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001ZD01185
Slight
HGV crash on the A212 in Croydon, 8 August 2014
At the same spotRef 201401ZD30711
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A212 in Croydon, 24 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201301ZD30837
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A212 in Croydon, 28 July 2010
10 m awayRef 201001ZD30598
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A212 in Croydon, 20 December 2001
10 m awayRef 200101ZD01445
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on a C road in Croydon, 11 September 1998
10 m awayRef 199801ZN00579
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201201ZD39019 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2012.