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B217 crash in Southwark on 29 May 1993 at 20:10 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen hit two pedestrians on the B217 in Southwark at 20:10 on Saturday 29 May 1993. A 29-year-old male pedestrian and a 25-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 1993
Saturday, 20:10
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47996, longitude -0.08829, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199301MS00231
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
217
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199301MS00231 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 1993.