A2 crash in Bexley on 20 December 2019 at 16:16 involving an Audi A1
Five vehicles, including an Audi A1 and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport, were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 16:16 on Friday 20 December 2019. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3, a 16-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 and the 69-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2019
- Friday, 16:16
- Vehicles
- 5
- Audi A1 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45293, longitude 0.09983, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falconwood & Welling, Bexley, DA16 2NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226334
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Other
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2023.
Slight
Jeep Compass crash on the A2 in Bexley, 20 August 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010461595
Serious
Yamaha XSR crash on the A2 in Bexley, 22 October 2022
7 m awayRef 2022010406073
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 7 August 2009
17 m awayRef 200901RY10353
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 12 October 1984
19 m awayRef 198401RY00798
Slight
Kawasaki ER crash on the A2 in Bexley, 26 June 2025
22 m awayRef 2025010583050
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 25 December 1989
22 m awayRef 198901RY00934
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 5: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010226334 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.