A221 crash in Bexley on 11 March 2017 at 13:20 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 13:20 on Saturday 11 March 2017. The 48-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45511, longitude 0.12301, 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
- 2017010024527
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1995.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A221 in Bexley, 25 June 1995
10 m awayRef 199501RY00396
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A221 in Bexley, 19 January 1993
14 m awayRef 199301RY00026
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A221 in Bexley, 27 July 2014
22 m awayRef 201401RY10318
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A221 in Bexley, 21 October 2009
22 m awayRef 200901RY10428
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A221 in Bexley, 15 December 2013
28 m awayRef 201301RY10458
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A221 in Bexley, 23 November 2004
28 m awayRef 200401RY10451
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010024527 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 2017.