C road crash in Sutton SM5 on 22 December 2019 at 22:59 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla, a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Sutton at 22:59 on Sunday 22 December 2019. The 54-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and the 56-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 22:59
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Corolla and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37203, longitude -0.16715, in the SM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carshalton Central, Sutton, SM5 2PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226778
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1998.
Slight
Volvo 760 crash on a C road in Sutton, 24 September 1998
4 m awayRef 199801ZP00871
Slight
Bus crash on a C road in Sutton, 15 July 1983
4 m awayRef 1983010ZP0811
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Sutton, 4 December 1986
4 m awayRef 198601ZP01316
Serious
Honda Civic crash on a C road in Sutton, 27 May 2006
4 m awayRef 200601ZT80226
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on a C road in Sutton, 13 January 2012
4 m awayRef 201201ZT80010
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Sutton, 13 October 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010ZP1233
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- 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 2019010226778 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2019.