Serious A24 crash in Merton on 26 February 2015 at 17:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Feb 2015
- Thursday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42199, longitude -0.17442, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth, SW17 9XL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501VW40147
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2015.
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A24 in Merton, 24 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201501VW40120
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Merton, 25 December 1985
At the same spotRef 198501VW00903
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A24 in Merton, 15 September 1996
At the same spotRef 199601VW00569
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A24 in Merton, 24 November 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010611595
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A24 in Merton, 17 October 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010405445
Serious
Toyota C-HR crash on the A24 in Merton, 11 October 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010471453
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201501VW40147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2015.