Unclassified road crash in Merton CR4 on 10 July 2020 at 17:02 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 17:02 on Friday 10 July 2020. The 38-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jul 2020
- Friday, 17:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40177, longitude -0.13971, in the CR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longthornton, Merton, CR4 1ET area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010256355
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Unclassified
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 5 June 1993
9 m awayRef 199301ZM00330
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B272 in Merton, 18 November 1983
51 m awayRef 1983010VW0753
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 4 July 2007
53 m awayRef 200701VW40212
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 20 March 2021
59 m awayRef 2021010297669
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 24 December 2018
59 m awayRef 2018010154092
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 14 July 2008
61 m awayRef 200801VW40256
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2020010256355 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2020.