Unclassified road crash in Bexley DA8 on 6 September 2019 at 16:37 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 16:37 on Friday 6 September 2019. The 38-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2019
- Friday, 16:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48009, longitude 0.17855, in the DA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erith, Bexley, DA8 3DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010203763
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2020.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 31 December 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010287052
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 30 April 2002
44 m awayRef 200201RY00265
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 28 May 2004
44 m awayRef 200401RY10114
Slight
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the A206 in Bexley, 10 August 1999
46 m awayRef 199901RY00477
Serious
Car crash on the A206 in Bexley, 4 November 1989
46 m awayRef 198901RY00801
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A206 in Bexley, 16 September 1994
48 m awayRef 199401RY00567
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010203763 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2019.