A3202 crash in Southwark on 20 November 1996 at 17:45 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3202 in Southwark at 17:45 on Wednesday 20 November 1996. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.
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
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 1996
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49881, longitude -0.10235, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601MD00544
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3202
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2025.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 27 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010617541
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 30 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199801MD00567
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 27 July 2018
14 m awayRef 2018010123567
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 29 November 1999
20 m awayRef 199901MD00644
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 31 July 2009
20 m awayRef 200901MM70592
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A3202 in Southwark, 10 March 2012
22 m awayRef 201201MM70149
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
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 199601MD00544 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 1996.