A221 crash in Bexley on 22 May 2020 at 19:34 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Chevrolet Orlando were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 19:34 on Friday 22 May 2020. The 41-year-old male driver of the Chevrolet Orlando was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2020
- Friday, 19:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Chevrolet Orlando
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45965, longitude 0.12389, in the DA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crook Log, Bexley, DA7 4HE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010248717
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 221
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 207
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A221 in Bexley, 4 October 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010402831
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A207 in Bexley, 19 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021010325391
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A207 in Bexley, 5 October 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010335733
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A207 in Bexley, 5 October 2009
4 m awayRef 200901RY10389
Slight
Volkswagen 1500 crash on the A207 in Bexley, 23 August 1992
4 m awayRef 199201RY00547
Slight
Car crash on the A207 in Bexley, 15 June 1986
4 m awayRef 198601RY00470
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Orlando
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Orlando)
- 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 2020010248717 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 2020.