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B282 crash in Merton on 3 November 1992 at 08:50 involving a Volkswagen Derby

A Volkswagen Derby hit a pedestrian on the B282 in Merton at 08:50 on Tuesday 3 November 1992. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 1992
Tuesday, 08:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Derby
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39996, longitude -0.23956, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201ZM00738
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
282
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
Daylight
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 26 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Derby

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Derby)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 199201ZM00738 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1992.