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A2217 crash in Lambeth on 31 January 2019 at 22:15 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A2217 in Lambeth at 22:15 on Thursday 31 January 2019. The 50-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 2019
Thursday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46561, longitude -0.10295, in the SW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, Lambeth, SE5 9PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010160815
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2217
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
222

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Snowing, 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 April 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019010160815 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2019.