B263 crash in Greenwich on 21 August 2015 at 11:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B263 in Greenwich at 11:15 on Friday 21 August 2015. The 58-year-old male driver of the car and the 17-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were 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
- 21 Aug 2015
- Friday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43909, longitude 0.06295, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501RG40549
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 263
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1995.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 28 October 1995
20 m awayRef 199501RG00598
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 7 April 1990
22 m awayRef 199001RG00257
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 25 November 2022
26 m awayRef 2022010412626
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 8 June 2021
28 m awayRef 2021010312243
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 29 October 2010
28 m awayRef 201001RG40632
Serious
Vauxhall Viva crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 21 March 1991
32 m awayRef 199101RG00144
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201501RG40549 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 2015.