C road crash in Merton SW20 on 13 December 2019 at 16:34 involving a Vauxhall Movano
A Vauxhall Movano crashed on a C road in Merton at 16:34 on Friday 13 December 2019. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2019
- Friday, 16:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4127, longitude -0.21931, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010224862
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 2 December 1988.
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Merton, 2 December 1988
3 m awayRef 198801VW00771
Slight
Honda Civic crash on a C road in Merton, 26 December 2003
3 m awayRef 200301VW00620
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in Merton, 9 August 2014
3 m awayRef 201401VW40356
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Merton, 27 August 2002
3 m awayRef 200201VW00427
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Merton, 23 August 1988
7 m awayRef 198801VW00524
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Merton, 31 July 1986
7 m awayRef 198601VW00462
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (roof)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Movano)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019010224862 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2019.