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A212 crash in Croydon on 30 March 2022 at 23:55 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus and a Mazda CX-5 were involved in a crash on the A212 in Croydon at 23:55 on Wednesday 30 March 2022. The 24-year-old male driver of the Alexander Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 2022
Wednesday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Alexander Dennis and Mazda CX-5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3781, longitude -0.09945, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairfield, Croydon, CR9 1SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010368788
Council area
Croydon
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
212
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 22 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda CX-5

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2022010368788 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2022.