Serious B271 crash in Sutton on 17 November 2017 at 07:55 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van hit two pedestrians on the B271 in Sutton at 07:55 on Friday 17 November 2017. A 3-year-old male pedestrian and a 5-year-old female pedestrian were seriously 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
- 17 Nov 2017
- Friday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot Partner
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35679, longitude -0.15143, in the SM6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington South, Sutton, SM6 9NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010070739
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 271
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1990.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B271 in Sutton, 23 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199001ZP01473
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B271 in Sutton, 9 July 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010119799
Serious
Sym Jet crash on the B271 in Sutton, 13 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010609325
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B271 in Sutton, 28 August 1991
10 m awayRef 199101ZP00892
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B271 in Sutton, 28 April 1998
10 m awayRef 199801ZP00349
Slight
Car crash on the B271 in Sutton, 23 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401ZP00081
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010070739 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2017.