A23 crash in Croydon on 6 October 2014 at 13:55 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Peugeot 807 were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 13:55 on Monday 6 October 2014. The 63-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 68-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 807 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2014
- Monday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Peugeot 807
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35771, longitude -0.11678, in the CR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waddon, Croydon, CR0 4HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401ZD30949
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2014.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A23 in Croydon, 8 June 2014
At the same spotRef 201401ZD30515
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A23 in Croydon, 29 June 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010190309
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A23 in Croydon, 7 March 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010167476
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A23 in Croydon, 25 May 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010577006
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A23 in Croydon, 8 March 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010562860
Serious
Car crash on the A23 in Croydon, 9 November 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010ZD0872
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 807
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 807)
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 201401ZD30949 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2014.