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Serious B278 crash in Sutton on 1 December 2022 at 19:59 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B278 in Sutton at 19:59 on Thursday 1 December 2022. A 58-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 2022
Thursday, 19:59
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3741, longitude -0.17689, in the SM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Wrythe, Sutton, SM1 3PD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010413966
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
278
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    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 2022010413966 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2022.