A213 crash in Croydon on 29 December 2019 at 01:19 involving a Kia Niro taxi
A Kia Niro taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A213 in Croydon at 01:19 on Sunday 29 December 2019. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Kia Niro taxi and a 26-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle 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
- 29 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 01:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Niro and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38229, longitude -0.10901, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Thornton, Croydon, CR0 3QA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010227600
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 213
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2006.
Slight
Honda XL125V crash on the A213 in Croydon, 5 April 2006
9 m awayRef 200601ZD30233
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A213 in Croydon, 14 January 1996
9 m awayRef 199601ZD00039
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A213 in Croydon, 7 May 1997
9 m awayRef 199701ZD00244
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Croydon, 20 December 2011
10 m awayRef 201101ZD30990
Slight
Car crash on the A213 in Croydon, 17 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200801ZD30507
Slight
Car crash on the A213 in Croydon, 24 April 1985
13 m awayRef 198501ZD00276
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Niro
Taxi or private hire 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Niro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010227600 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.