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B234 crash in Wandsworth on 24 December 1992 at 00:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the B234 in Wandsworth at 00:30 on Thursday 24 December 1992. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1992
Thursday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44395, longitude -0.18736, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201WD00548
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
234
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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 31 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199201WD00548 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 1992.