A222 crash in Croydon on 28 December 2017 at 18:54 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A222 in Croydon at 18:54 on Thursday 28 December 2017. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 18:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3803, longitude -0.08682, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Selhurst, Croydon, CR0 2EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010080575
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 222
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 8 November 2011.
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the A222 in Croydon, 8 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201101ZD30856
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A222 in Croydon, 14 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199901ZN00748
Serious
Volvo S40 crash on the A222 in Croydon, 19 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200701ZD30219
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A222 in Croydon, 19 July 2016
At the same spotRef 201601ZD30614
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A222 in Croydon, 21 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199701ZN00607
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A222 in Croydon, 24 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200801ZD30838
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 2017010080575 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2017.