A232 crash in Croydon on 30 October 2018 at 19:00 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, a Mercedes C Class and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A232 in Croydon at 19:00 on Tuesday 30 October 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37407, longitude -0.05274, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirley North, Croydon, CR0 8TB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010142332
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 232
- 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 phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 December 2019.
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A232 in Croydon, 25 December 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010227164
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A232 in Croydon, 24 January 1992
10 m awayRef 199201PR00039
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A232 in Croydon, 5 March 1991
20 m awayRef 199101ZN00134
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A232 in Croydon, 9 September 1993
20 m awayRef 199301ZN00550
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A232 in Croydon, 2 September 2000
22 m awayRef 200001ZD00998
Slight
Honda crash on the A232 in Croydon, 10 May 1998
22 m awayRef 199801ZN00288
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 2018010142332 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2018.