Unclassified road crash in Greenwich SE9 on 7 December 2018 at 08:30 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich at 08:30 on Friday 7 December 2018. A 54-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2018
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44824, longitude 0.04411, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham, Greenwich, SE9 5QQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010150503
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1985.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 25 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198501RD00289
Slight
Lexus IS 250 crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 22 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010605050
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 8 May 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010RD0294
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 7 January 1985
14 m awayRef 198501RD00006
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 31 December 1990
22 m awayRef 199001RG00829
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 27 April 1994
22 m awayRef 199401RG00222
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018010150503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2018.