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B234 crash in Wandsworth on 24 June 2016 at 21:50 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the B234 in Wandsworth at 21:50 on Friday 24 June 2016. The 34-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi and the female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jun 2016
Friday, 21:50
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44389, longitude -0.1872, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wandle, Wandsworth, SW18 4EF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wandsworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201601WW50509
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
234
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
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 201601WW50509 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2016.