B220 crash in Lewisham on 8 August 2018 at 07:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Ecosport were involved in a crash on the B220 in Lewisham at 07:15 on Wednesday 8 August 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Ecosport were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Ecosport
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46243, longitude -0.00219, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lee Green, Lewisham, SE13 5QF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010125817
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 220
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 5 August 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010PD0507
Serious
Triumph TR7 crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 26 November 1995
20 m awayRef 199501PL00639
Slight
Car crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 13 January 1982
20 m awayRef 1982010PD0017
Slight
Car crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 1 February 1984
36 m awayRef 198401PD00077
Slight
Car crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 21 November 1988
36 m awayRef 198801PD00744
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B220 in Lewisham, 8 July 1992
36 m awayRef 199201PL00387
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ecosport
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010125817 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2018.