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Fatal A211 crash in Bexley on 5 August 1995 at 01:22 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A211 in Bexley at 01:22 on Saturday 5 August 1995. The 18-year-old male rider and a 17-year-old male passenger were killed.

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
Fatal
Date
5 Aug 1995
Saturday, 01:22
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41643, longitude 0.12306, in the DA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501RY00492
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
211
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, 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 199501RY00492 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1995.