Serious B263 crash in Greenwich on 25 November 2022 at 09:00 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A Toyota Prius taxi and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B263 in Greenwich at 09:00 on Friday 25 November 2022. The 80-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Nov 2022
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43886, longitude 0.063, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010412626
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 263
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 18 December 2016
24 m awayRef 2016010007584
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 21 August 2015
26 m awayRef 201501RG40549
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 28 October 1995
46 m awayRef 199501RG00598
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 7 April 1990
46 m awayRef 199001RG00257
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 29 October 2010
49 m awayRef 201001RG40632
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 8 June 2021
54 m awayRef 2021010312243
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 80, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 2022010412626 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.