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C road crash in Sutton SM5 on 17 February 2021 at 17:53 involving a Mercedes Vito van

A Mercedes Vito van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Sutton at 17:53 on Wednesday 17 February 2021. The 41-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 2021
Wednesday, 17:53
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Vito and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38894, longitude -0.17832, in the SM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier West, Sutton, SM5 1AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021010293186
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
C
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2021010293186 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2021.