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A211 crash in Bexley on 15 April 2013 at 11:35 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A car and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A211 in Bexley at 11:35 on Monday 15 April 2013. The 81-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 2013
Monday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Car and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43008, longitude 0.08617, in the DA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chislehurst, Bromley, BR7 6HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201301RY10100
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
211
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    6,692 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201301RY10100 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 2013.