A223 crash in Bexley on 20 January 2023 at 17:00 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A223 in Bexley at 17:00 on Friday 20 January 2023. The 52-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2023
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Peugeot 3008
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44597, longitude 0.15292, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary's & St James, Bexley, DA5 1LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010422992
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 223
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2000.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A223 in Bexley, 14 June 2000
5 m awayRef 200001RY00363
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A223 in Bexley, 15 December 2009
5 m awayRef 200901RY10543
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A223 in Bexley, 25 November 2013
5 m awayRef 201301RY10426
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A223 in Bexley, 21 May 2008
15 m awayRef 200801RY10178
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A223 in Bexley, 30 April 1992
25 m awayRef 199201RY00274
Slight
Car crash on the A223 in Bexley, 25 December 2011
27 m awayRef 201101RY10455
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- 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 2023010422992 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 2023.