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Serious unclassified road crash in Croydon CR0 on 26 December 2022 at 12:55 involving a BMW 4 Series

A BMW 4 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Croydon at 12:55 on Monday 26 December 2022. The 35-year-old male driver of the BMW 4 Series and a 62-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2022
Monday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
BMW 4 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37372, longitude -0.03082, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirley South, Croydon, CR0 8QP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010418394
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 4 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 4 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2022010418394 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2022.