A222 crash in Bexley on 6 December 2018 at 19:15 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a BMW 5 Series and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A222 in Bexley at 19:15 on Thursday 6 December 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and a female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42439, longitude 0.10101, in the DA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sidcup, Bexley, DA14 6BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010150401
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2020.
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the A222 in Bexley, 2 November 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010277162
Serious
Bus crash on the A222 in Bexley, 2 October 1987
10 m awayRef 198701RY00714
Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on the A222 in Bexley, 26 May 2021
22 m awayRef 2021010309780
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bexley, 16 April 2005
30 m awayRef 200501RY10203
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the A222 in Bexley, 10 July 1993
32 m awayRef 199301RY00419
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A222 in Bexley, 18 October 1997
32 m awayRef 199701RY00647
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai i10
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2018010150401 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.