Serious B221 crash in Lambeth on 19 November 1991 at 15:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the B221 in Lambeth at 15:30 on Tuesday 19 November 1991. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Nov 1991
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43908, longitude -0.12899, in the SW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199101LS00532
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 221
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2016.
Slight
Lexus RX300 crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 2 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010004739
Serious
Car crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 17 November 1987
10 m awayRef 198701LS00601
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 11 August 2016
14 m awayRef 201601LX50919
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 14 November 2017
14 m awayRef 2017010070804
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 7 April 2024
14 m awayRef 2024010503818
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the B221 in Lambeth, 30 August 2025
17 m awayRef 2025010602160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, 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 199101LS00532 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1991.