C road crash in Bexley DA6 on 1 November 2018 at 19:42 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on a C road in Bexley at 19:42 on Thursday 1 November 2018. The 80-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 19:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45463, longitude 0.14904, in the DA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010142791
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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 slight injury crash on 8 June 1994.
Slight
Ford Capri crash on a C road in Bexley, 8 June 1994
At the same spotRef 199401RY00366
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Bexley, 27 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201401RY10495
Serious
Mini One crash on a C road in Bexley, 12 May 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010180334
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Bexley, 7 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200301RY00557
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on a C road in Bexley, 20 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200801RY10181
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on a C road in Bexley, 14 September 2009
10 m awayRef 200901RY10346
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2018010142791 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.