A2 crash in Bexley on 30 April 2018 at 15:06 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 15:06 on Monday 30 April 2018. The 28-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris, the 70-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Shogun were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Apr 2018
- Monday, 15:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44894, longitude 0.12574, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blendon & Penhill, Bexley, DA5 1JW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010104930
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2015.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A2 in Bexley, 16 November 2015
20 m awayRef 201501RY10436
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 30 July 1989
20 m awayRef 198901RY00534
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2 in Bexley, 19 June 2024
21 m awayRef 2024010517149
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A2 in Bexley, 30 July 2025
26 m awayRef 2025010589548
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2 in Bexley, 27 March 1990
30 m awayRef 199001RY00202
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 17 February 1989
30 m awayRef 198901RY00124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010104930 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2018.