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C road crash in Merton CR4 on 5 January 2017 at 12:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Smart City were involved in a crash on a C road in Merton at 12:40 on Thursday 5 January 2017. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 2017
Thursday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Smart City
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4051, longitude -0.16443, in the CR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Figge's Marsh, Merton, CR4 2PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010012283
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
A
Second road number
217

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 1 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Smart City

    Car

    Engine capacity
    698 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017010012283 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2017.