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A222 crash in Bexley on 25 October 2013 at 15:50 involving a Volkswagen Passat taxi

A Volkswagen Passat taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bexley at 15:50 on Friday 25 October 2013. The 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat taxi 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
25 Oct 2013
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43922, longitude 0.11795, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blendon & Penhill, Bexley, DA14 4NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201301RY10389
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
222
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

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 201301RY10389 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.