A3205 crash in Wandsworth on 15 April 2018 at 12:43 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth at 12:43 on Sunday 15 April 2018. The 28-year-old male driver of the Citroen Dispatch van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 12:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Citroen Dispatch
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48328, longitude -0.13206, in the SW11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vauxhall, Lambeth, SW8 2JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wandsworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010101870
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3205
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 4 August 1988
10 m awayRef 198801WA00287
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 24 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201501WW50255
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 4 March 1994
10 m awayRef 199401WA00057
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 29 February 1984
10 m awayRef 198401WA00076
Serious
Car crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 7 February 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010WA0048
Slight
Car crash on the A3205 in Wandsworth, 31 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198601WA00186
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Dispatch)
- 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 2018010101870 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2018.