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A2052 crash in Greenwich on 6 March 2022 at 00:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A2052 in Greenwich at 00:40 on Sunday 6 March 2022. The 47-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 2022
Sunday, 00:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49152, longitude 0.01248, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Greenwich, Greenwich, SE10 0JL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010363945
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2052
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2022010363945 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2022.