A236 crash in Merton on 31 December 2018 at 07:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Wrightbus Streetlite were involved in a crash on the A236 in Merton at 07:50 on Monday 31 December 2018. The 30-year-old male driver of the Wrightbus Streetlite was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2018
- Monday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Wrightbus Streetlite
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39506, longitude -0.14931, in the CR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cricket Green, Merton, CR4 4HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010155057
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 236
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2020.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A236 in Merton, 27 May 2020
21 m awayRef 2020010249441
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A236 in Merton, 14 August 2013
22 m awayRef 201301VW40305
Slight
Van crash on the A236 in Merton, 24 July 1987
22 m awayRef 198701VW00456
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A236 in Merton, 7 August 2007
28 m awayRef 200701VW66690
Serious
Van crash on the A236 in Merton, 7 October 1987
28 m awayRef 198701VW00639
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A236 in Merton, 6 September 2018
28 m awayRef 2018010130829
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Wrightbus Streetlite
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Wrightbus Streetlite)
- 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 2018010155057 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2018.