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Serious A207 crash in Bexley on 26 April 2022 at 14:47 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus crashed on the A207 in Bexley at 14:47 on Tuesday 26 April 2022. A 63-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 71-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 2022
Tuesday, 14:47
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45154, longitude 0.17641, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crayford, Bexley, DA1 4LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010372997
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
207
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
207

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    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 2022010372997 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 2022.