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B285 crash in Merton on 4 June 2023 at 00:20 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport

A Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a car were involved in a crash on the B285 in Merton at 00:20 on Sunday 4 June 2023. The 27-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jun 2023
Sunday, 00:20
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover Sport and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41401, longitude -0.20258, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wimbledon Town & Dundonald, Merton, SW19 3SF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010447043
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
285
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
A
Second road number
238

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2023010447043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2023.