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Serious A21 crash in Lewisham on 15 February 2019 at 14:50 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A21 in Lewisham at 14:50 on Friday 15 February 2019. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2019
Friday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42738, longitude -0.01109, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catford South, Lewisham, SE6 3DG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010163706
Council area
Lewisham
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
21
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
A
Second road number
2015

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2019010163706 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2019.