B274 crash in Croydon on 20 February 2016 at 23:10 involving a Toyota Verso
A Toyota Verso and a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in a crash on the B274 in Croydon at 23:10 on Saturday 20 February 2016. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2016
- Saturday, 23:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Verso and Volkswagen Jetta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36522, longitude -0.09736, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Croydon, Croydon, CR0 1EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601ZD30131
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 274
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1996.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B274 in Croydon, 17 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199601ZD00663
Slight
Car crash on the B274 in Croydon, 2 November 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010ZD0849
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B274 in Croydon, 7 June 1996
At the same spotRef 199601ZD00374
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B274 in Croydon, 19 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200801ZD30718
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the B274 in Croydon, 15 February 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010090440
Slight
Car crash on the B274 in Croydon, 10 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200801ZD30248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Verso
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201601ZD30131 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2016.