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A24 crash in Merton on 25 December 2015 at 19:15 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Chevrolet Orlando were involved in a crash on the A24 in Merton at 19:15 on Friday 25 December 2015. A female passenger in the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2015
Friday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Chevrolet Orlando
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40328, longitude -0.1917, in the SM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier, Merton, SM4 5LB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201501VW40596
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
297

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    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
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Orlando

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 201501VW40596 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.