A21 crash in Lewisham on 14 January 2021 at 08:55 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 08:55 on Thursday 14 January 2021. The 50-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai 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
- 14 Jan 2021
- Thursday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46379, longitude -0.01089, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010288680
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2023.
Slight
Yamaha Delight crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 7 February 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010426037
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 31 July 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010052122
Serious
Lorry crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 1 July 1993
4 m awayRef 199301PL00371
Slight
Bus crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 6 May 2008
4 m awayRef 200801PL60267
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 17 September 1987
4 m awayRef 198701PL00431
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 6 August 1993
4 m awayRef 199301PL00457
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- 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 2021010288680 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2021.