A211 crash in Greenwich on 7 December 2016 at 16:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A211 in Greenwich at 16:30 on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44714, longitude 0.06262, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eltham Town & Avery Hill, Greenwich, SE9 2SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010007443
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 211
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 1992.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 7 July 1992
10 m awayRef 199201RG00412
Slight
Car crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 6 March 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010RD0154
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 23 November 1990
14 m awayRef 199001RG00745
Slight
Kawasaki EX500 crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 10 July 2001
14 m awayRef 200101RG00634
Slight
Car crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 14 November 1988
14 m awayRef 198801RD00890
Slight
Bus crash on the A211 in Greenwich, 3 July 1987
14 m awayRef 198701RD00472
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016010007443 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 2016.