A102 crash in Greenwich on 17 December 2016 at 21:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A102 in Greenwich at 21:30 on Saturday 17 December 2016. The 44-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49444, longitude 0.0054, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, SE10 0BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010007565
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 102
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Dry
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 slight injury crash on 20 July 2018.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 20 July 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010122925
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A102(M) in Greenwich, 9 June 1993
10 m awayRef 199301RG00286
Serious
Van crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 23 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601RG00526
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A102(M) in Greenwich, 22 June 1997
14 m awayRef 199701RG00276
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on a C road in Greenwich, 7 April 2015
14 m awayRef 201501RG40257
Slight
Car crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 5 January 1988
14 m awayRef 198801RD00009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2016010007565 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.