A207 crash in Bexley on 23 December 2019 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A207 in Bexley at 16:20 on Monday 23 December 2019. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2019
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46448, longitude 0.09478, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falconwood & Welling, Bexley, DA16 3QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226907
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 207
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 209
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2025.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A207 in Bexley, 6 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010596028
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A207 in Bexley, 12 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010278945
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A207 in Bexley, 18 February 1990
4 m awayRef 199001RY00113
Slight
Car crash on the A207 in Bexley, 10 January 1990
4 m awayRef 199001RY00020
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A207 in Bexley, 30 August 2003
4 m awayRef 200301RY00385
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A207 in Bexley, 12 May 2007
4 m awayRef 200701RY62905
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2019010226907 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.