A200 crash in Lewisham on 31 October 2017 at 22:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda Insight were involved in a crash on the A200 in Lewisham at 22:00 on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Honda Insight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48193, longitude -0.0277, in the SE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford, Lewisham, SE14 6FQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010067433
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 200
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2003.
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 30 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200301PL00973
Slight
Volvo crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 10 July 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010454329
Serious
Car crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 8 November 1987
10 m awayRef 198701PL00529
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 31 March 1985
10 m awayRef 198501PL00156
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 11 November 2015
10 m awayRef 201501PL61078
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A200 in Lewisham, 28 June 1994
10 m awayRef 199401PL00335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Insight
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2017010067433 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.