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Unclassified road crash in Wandsworth SW17 on 8 December 2018 at 18:30 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wandsworth at 18:30 on Saturday 8 December 2018. The 34-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2018
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43504, longitude -0.16366, in the SW17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, SW17 8SX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010151043
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 serious injury crash on 6 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018010151043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2018.