A2 crash in Greenwich on 12 August 2013 at 16:28 involving a Suzuki Liana
Five vehicles, including a Suzuki Liana and a London Taxis Int. Txii, were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 16:28 on Monday 12 August 2013. All four casualties 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 Aug 2013
- Monday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 5
- Suzuki Liana and 4 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47187, longitude 0.0263, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301RG40388
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2015.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 13 August 2015
At the same spotRef 201501RG40470
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 19 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001RG40086
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 8 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200501RG40415
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 17 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601RD00766
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 24 August 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010055899
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 26 May 2016
14 m awayRef 201601RG40331
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Liana
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 34 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 43 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Liana)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)
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 201301RG40388 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 2013.