A222 crash in Bexley on 2 October 2022 at 00:26 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper crashed on the A222 in Bexley at 00:26 on Sunday 2 October 2022. The 27-year-old female driver and a 44-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2022
- Sunday, 00:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43558, longitude 0.10202, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longlands, Bexley, DA15 7LA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010402328
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 222
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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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 19 December 2025.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A222 in Bexley, 19 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010616451
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bexley, 10 April 1986
6 m awayRef 198601RY00265
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bexley, 16 November 1985
6 m awayRef 198501RY00879
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A222 in Bexley, 4 October 1990
6 m awayRef 199001RY00722
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A222 in Bexley, 21 April 2002
6 m awayRef 200201RY00240
Slight
Car crash on the A222 in Bexley, 29 January 1983
6 m awayRef 1983010RY0079
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 2022010402328 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.