Serious A2199 crash in Southwark on 23 May 1992 at 00:25 involving a Nissan Sunny
A motorcycle and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A2199 in Southwark at 00:25 on Saturday 23 May 1992. The 41-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 May 1992
- Saturday, 00:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4297, longitude -0.08838, in the SE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201MM00236
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2199
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 15 May 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010181048
Serious
Van crash on the B225 in Southwark, 22 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601LS00620
Slight
Toyota BZ4X crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 2 November 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010607036
Slight
Volvo crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 4 May 2014
20 m awayRef 201401MM70440
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B225 in Southwark, 26 June 1984
28 m awayRef 198401LS00286
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A2199 in Southwark, 22 May 2002
28 m awayRef 200201LX00668
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199201MM00236 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1992.