C road crash in Lewisham SE4 on 4 February 2017 at 03:30 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on a C road in Lewisham at 03:30 on Saturday 4 February 2017. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Avensis taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2017
- Saturday, 03:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45458, longitude -0.03262, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crofton Park, Lewisham, SE4 2DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010016104
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on a C road in Lewisham, 1 September 2022
6 m awayRef 2022010397057
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Lewisham, 12 December 2014
10 m awayRef 201401PL61061
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Lewisham, 16 July 1986
10 m awayRef 198601PL00337
Slight
Dennis crash on a C road in Lewisham, 17 September 2005
10 m awayRef 200501PL60798
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on a C road in Lewisham, 26 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199901PL00403
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Lewisham, 14 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701PL60254
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010016104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2017.