A217 crash in Wandsworth on 2 February 2022 at 18:32 involving a Smart Forfour
A Smart Forfour, a Ford Ecosport and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A217 in Wandsworth at 18:32 on Wednesday 2 February 2022. The 57-year-old female driver of the Smart Forfour was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2022
- Wednesday, 18:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Smart Forfour and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42299, longitude -0.16026, in the SW17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth, SW17 9XL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wandsworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010358206
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 217
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 217
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 1990.
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A217 in Wandsworth, 18 August 1990
4 m awayRef 199001WD00377
Slight
Car crash on the A217 in Wandsworth, 10 November 1983
6 m awayRef 1983010WD0600
Slight
Car crash on the A217 in Wandsworth, 2 May 1988
6 m awayRef 198801WD00176
Slight
Car crash on the A217 in Wandsworth, 12 March 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010WD0158
Slight
Car crash on the A217 in Wandsworth, 24 December 1984
6 m awayRef 198401WD00707
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B241 in Wandsworth, 20 July 2012
6 m awayRef 201201WW50608
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Forfour)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022010358206 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2022.