B275 crash in Croydon on 26 June 2019 at 17:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the B275 in Croydon at 17:15 on Wednesday 26 June 2019. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and the 23-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2019
- Wednesday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36292, longitude -0.10212, in the CR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Croydon, Croydon, CR0 1EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010189778
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 275
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 January 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the B275 in Croydon, 27 January 1982
5 m awayRef 1982010ZD0063
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B275 in Croydon, 23 September 1997
5 m awayRef 199701ZD00565
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B275 in Croydon, 18 January 1993
5 m awayRef 199301ZD00041
Slight
Car crash on the B275 in Croydon, 23 November 1985
5 m awayRef 198501ZD00820
Slight
Car crash on the B275 in Croydon, 13 October 1982
5 m awayRef 1982010ZD0787
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B275 in Croydon, 18 January 1996
5 m awayRef 199601ZD00037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2019010189778 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2019.