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Serious A2 crash in Lewisham on 21 April 2017 at 18:45 involving a van

A van hit two pedestrians on the A2 in Lewisham at 18:45 on Friday 21 April 2017. A 32-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 1-year-old male pedestrian 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
Serious
Date
21 Apr 2017
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47436, longitude -0.04285, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010033946
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
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
A
Second road number
2

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017010033946 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.