A21 crash in Lewisham on 1 October 2017 at 03:30 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 03:30 on Sunday 1 October 2017. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2017
- Sunday, 03:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45117, longitude -0.01693, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushey Green, Lewisham, SE6 2EG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010061905
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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 18 December 1999.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 18 December 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PL00871
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 2 October 2005
At the same spotRef 200501PL60834
Slight
Volvo crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 28 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199801PL00056
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 2 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200401PL60542
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 5 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200901PL60673
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 12 June 2006
At the same spotRef 200601PL60418
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,760 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- 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 2017010061905 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.