A102 crash in Greenwich on 29 April 2023 at 23:50 involving a Mercedes Cla Class
A Mercedes Cla Class and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A102 in Greenwich at 23:50 on Saturday 29 April 2023. The 32-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Cla Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2023
- Saturday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Cla Class and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4878, longitude 0.01551, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Greenwich, Greenwich, SE10 0JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010440282
- 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
- 102
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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 May 2020.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 14 May 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010247701
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 31 December 2018
6 m awayRef 2018010155060
Slight
Car crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 7 May 1986
7 m awayRef 198601RD00263
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A102(M) in Greenwich, 11 January 1994
7 m awayRef 199401RG00013
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 7 February 2018
15 m awayRef 2018010088566
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A102 in Greenwich, 26 February 2010
15 m awayRef 201001RG40095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023010440282 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.