B278 crash in Sutton on 29 April 2019 at 15:40 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a car were involved in a crash on the B278 in Sutton at 15:40 on Monday 29 April 2019. The 29-year-old female driver of the Honda Jazz and the 34-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2019
- Monday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38762, longitude -0.19404, in the SM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier, Merton, SM4 6SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010177821
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 278
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 278
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2021.
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B278 in Sutton, 9 June 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010312563
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B278 in Sutton, 26 August 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010593918
Slight
Chevrolet Spark crash on the B278 in Sutton, 16 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018010090728
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B278 in Sutton, 21 March 2018
5 m awayRef 2018010097381
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B278 in Sutton, 11 August 2022
8 m awayRef 2022010393537
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B278 in Sutton, 26 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010418382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2019010177821 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2019.