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Serious unclassified road crash in Sutton CR0 on 23 December 2022 at 17:10 involving a Citroen Berlingo van

A Citroen Berlingo van and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sutton at 17:10 on Friday 23 December 2022. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Berlingo van was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo van and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Berlingo van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 2022
Friday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Citroen Berlingo and agricultural vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37897, longitude -0.12761, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beddington, Sutton, CR9 4EP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010418105
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2022010418105 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.