Unclassified road crash in Bexley DA15 on 15 March 2021 at 06:30 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Ford Kuga and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 06:30 on Monday 15 March 2021. The 38-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and the 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2021
- Monday, 06:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44991, longitude 0.10067, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falconwood & Welling, Bexley, DA16 2NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010296830
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2005.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 30 October 2005
6 m awayRef 200501RY10495
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 18 March 2007
6 m awayRef 200701RY10087
Slight
Renault 25 crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 6 March 1999
28 m awayRef 199901RY00152
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 6 August 1994
28 m awayRef 199401RY00512
Slight
Volkswagen T-Roc crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 11 June 2023
33 m awayRef 2023010448274
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 2 September 2025
33 m awayRef 2025010595252
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
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
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021010296830 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 2021.