A209 crash in Greenwich on 15 December 2014 at 22:48 involving a Dacia Duster
A Dacia Duster and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A209 in Greenwich at 22:48 on Monday 15 December 2014. The 41-year-old male driver of the Dacia Duster was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2014
- Monday, 22:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Duster and Citroen Dispatch
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47747, longitude 0.10662, in the SE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plumstead Common, Greenwich, SE2 0PD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401RG40748
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 209
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2005.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 2 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200501RG40084
Fatal
Car crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 21 December 1984
10 m awayRef 198401RW00672
Serious
Car crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 19 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198801RW00242
Slight
Volvo crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 6 November 1992
10 m awayRef 199201RA00501
Slight
Car crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 20 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010RW0706
Slight
Car crash on the A209 in Greenwich, 10 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198501RW00221
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Duster)
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 201401RG40748 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 2014.