A201 crash in Southwark on 13 February 2015 at 19:30 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A201 in Southwark at 19:30 on Friday 13 February 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2015
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49429, longitude -0.09576, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaucer, Southwark, SE1 6PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501MM70129
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 201
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 201
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
- 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 18 October 2000.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A201 in Southwark, 18 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001MM01376
Serious
BMW K 75 S crash on the A201 in Southwark, 2 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199501MS00304
Slight
Honda CB400N crash on the A201 in Southwark, 9 October 1991
At the same spotRef 199101MD00530
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A201 in Southwark, 1 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200301MM00004
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A201 in Southwark, 5 July 2006
At the same spotRef 200601TD00195
Serious
Fiat Coupe crash on the A201 in Southwark, 8 December 1999
At the same spotRef 199901MD00678
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201501MM70129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2015.