B266 crash in Croydon on 7 September 2019 at 17:54 involving a Honda CRV
Four vehicles, including a Honda CRV and a Toyota Prius taxi, were involved in a crash on the B266 in Croydon at 17:54 on Saturday 7 September 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2019
- Saturday, 17:54
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda CRV and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39887, longitude -0.08852, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Norwood, Croydon, CR7 8SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010204393
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 266
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 30 March 1996.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B266 in Croydon, 30 March 1996
3 m awayRef 199601ZN00215
Slight
MG HS crash on the B266 in Croydon, 7 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010608075
Slight
Car crash on the B266 in Croydon, 23 December 1983
12 m awayRef 1983010ZN1004
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B266 in Croydon, 5 August 2013
12 m awayRef 201301ZD30657
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B266 in Croydon, 8 February 1995
12 m awayRef 199501ZN00087
Serious
Car crash on the B266 in Croydon, 23 September 1988
12 m awayRef 198801ZN00667
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda CRV)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2019010204393 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.