A221 crash in Bexley on 11 February 2016 at 23:40 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a car were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 23:40 on Thursday 11 February 2016. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia, the 53-year-old female driver of the car and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 23:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45326, longitude 0.12278, in the DA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crook Log, Bexley, DA6 8JE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601RY10039
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 221
- 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
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2001.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A221 in Bexley, 1 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200101RY00366
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A221 in Bexley, 14 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200001RY00297
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A221 in Bexley, 13 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200201RY00509
Serious
Hillman Avenger crash on the A221 in Bexley, 31 May 1990
14 m awayRef 199001RY00402
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A221 in Bexley, 19 May 2013
14 m awayRef 201301RY10174
Slight
Car crash on the A221 in Bexley, 11 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198901RY00849
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 201601RY10039 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2016.