Unclassified road crash in Wandsworth SW16 on 1 April 1986 at 10:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wandsworth at 10:55 on Tuesday 1 April 1986. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 1986
- Tuesday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42486, longitude -0.13979, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198601WD00161
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198601WD00161 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 1986.