A24 crash in Sutton on 16 December 2016 at 20:15 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A24 in Sutton at 20:15 on Friday 16 December 2016. The 50-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2016
- Friday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37193, longitude -0.22683, in the SM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010010944
- Council area
- Sutton
- 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
- 24
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 2017.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sutton, 19 June 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010043713
Slight
Peugeot Ludix crash on the A24 in Sutton, 21 August 2011
At the same spotRef 201101ZT80246
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A24 in Sutton, 30 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199501ZP00427
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A24 in Sutton, 9 May 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010179944
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Sutton, 24 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200401ZT00078
Slight
Van crash on the A24 in Sutton, 17 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198701ZP01272
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
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 2016010010944 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2016.