A2 crash in Bexley on 14 September 2017 at 16:45 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga, a Citroen Berlingo and an Iveco Eurocargo lorry were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 16:45 on Thursday 14 September 2017. A male passenger in the Ford Kuga and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Berlingo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2017
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Kuga and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45465, longitude 0.09319, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eltham Town & Avery Hill, Greenwich, SE9 2NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010059049
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2000.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A2 in Bexley, 28 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200001RG00797
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Bexley, 15 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199701RY00300
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A2 in Bexley, 29 October 1994
14 m awayRef 199401RY00681
Slight
Bedford crash on the A2 in Bexley, 28 August 1992
28 m awayRef 199201RY00553
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 26 June 1989
30 m awayRef 198901RY00459
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2 in Bexley, 8 August 1991
32 m awayRef 199101RY00455
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Iveco Eurocargo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,485 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017010059049 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.