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Serious A3218 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 28 October 1988 at 17:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3218 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 17:15 on Friday 28 October 1988. A 72-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 1988
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48332, longitude -0.20957, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198801FF00264
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3218
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198801FF00264 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 1988.