A2 crash in Bexley on 20 June 2018 at 18:35 involving a Ford Fusion
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fusion and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 18:35 on Wednesday 20 June 2018. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 34-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fusion and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44868, longitude 0.1253, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010115629
- 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
- 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 5 November 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2 in Bexley, 5 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201101RY10384
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A2 in Bexley, 29 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199601RY00710
Slight
Honda XR125L crash on the A2 in Bexley, 23 May 2005
10 m awayRef 200501RG40480
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A2 in Bexley, 11 May 2006
10 m awayRef 200601RY10219
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2 in Bexley, 19 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199701RY00028
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A2 in Bexley, 28 March 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010566380
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2018010115629 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.