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A2 crash in Greenwich on 5 April 2023 at 20:15 involving a Peugeot 308

A Peugeot 308 and a car were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 20:15 on Wednesday 5 April 2023. The 80-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 2023
Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 308 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47218, longitude 0.02619, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010437145
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2023010437145 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 2023.