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A23 crash in Croydon on 29 December 1995 at 13:17 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Nissan Cherry were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 13:17 on Friday 29 December 1995. The 38-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1995
Friday, 13:17
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Nissan Cherry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37444, longitude -0.11899, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501ZD00774
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    535 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, 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 199501ZD00774 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1995.