A206 crash in Greenwich on 29 May 2018 at 12:22 involving a BMW 2 Series
Five vehicles, including a BMW 2 Series and a Volvo XC90, were involved in a crash on the A206 in Greenwich at 12:22 on Tuesday 29 May 2018. The 29-year-old male driver of the BMW 2 Series, a 24-year-old female passenger in the BMW 2 Series and the 23-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 2018
- Tuesday, 12:22
- Vehicles
- 5
- BMW 2 Series and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48158, longitude 0.11632, in the SE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Heath, Bexley, DA16 1BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010111081
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 September 1999.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 25 September 1999
At the same spotRef 199901RG00651
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Greenwich, 30 June 1986
58 m awayRef 198601RW00328
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 20 August 2024
61 m awayRef 2024010528036
Slight
Suzuki Celerio crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 14 November 2019
62 m awayRef 2019010218326
Serious
Yamaha R6 crash on a C road in Greenwich, 28 June 2007
63 m awayRef 200701RG64317
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Greenwich, 4 January 2016
67 m awayRef 201601RG40013
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018010111081 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2018.