A206 crash in Bexley on 18 May 2013 at 10:43 involving a Rover 45
A Rover 45 and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A206 in Bexley at 10:43 on Saturday 18 May 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2013
- Saturday, 10:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 45 and Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45659, longitude 0.19548, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crayford, Bexley, DA1 4RF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301RY10131
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 2186
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2014.
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A206 in Bexley, 2 June 2014
At the same spotRef 201401RY10240
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A206 in Bexley, 23 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200701RY10102
Slight
Van crash on the A206 in Bexley, 24 November 1984
10 m awayRef 198401RY00936
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A206 in Bexley, 8 February 2002
10 m awayRef 200201RY00086
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A206 in Bexley, 17 October 2003
10 m awayRef 200301RY00468
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A206 in Bexley, 26 November 2009
10 m awayRef 200901RY10496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)
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 201301RY10131 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.