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A21 crash in Lewisham on 31 March 2019 at 20:45 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a Mazda 5 were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 20:45 on Sunday 31 March 2019. The 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2019
Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and Mazda 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45057, longitude -0.01691, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushey Green, Lewisham, SE6 2EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010172477
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
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 5

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A 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 2019010172477 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.