C road crash in Sutton SM5 on 9 October 2023 at 15:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Sutton at 15:45 on Monday 9 October 2023. The 47-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Oct 2023
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38896, longitude -0.17828, in the SM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier West, Sutton, SM5 1AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010470993
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
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The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2025.
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Peugeot 206 crash on a C road in Sutton, 19 September 2007
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Mercedes Vito crash on a C road in Sutton, 17 February 2021
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Honda C90 crash on a C road in Sutton, 7 August 2004
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Serious
Car crash on a C road in Sutton, 18 June 1987
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2023010470993 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2023.