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A238 crash in Merton on 18 December 2020 at 07:40 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the A238 in Merton at 07:40 on Friday 18 December 2020. The 28-year-old female rider of the e-scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2020
Friday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and e-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41276, longitude -0.20599, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wimbledon Town & Dundonald, Merton, SW19 3SF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020010285386
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
238
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    875 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2020010285386 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.