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Unclassified road crash in Sutton SM2 on 8 December 2017 at 22:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on an unclassified road in Sutton at 22:10 on Friday 8 December 2017. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2017
Friday, 22:10
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33929, longitude -0.21157, in the SM2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010076438
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 2017010076438 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.