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A215 crash in Southwark on 3 December 1996 at 18:35 involving a Renault 18

A Renault 18 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A215 in Southwark at 18:35 on Tuesday 3 December 1996. The 57-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Renault 18 and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46979, longitude -0.09289, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601MS00428
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
215
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
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 28 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 199601MS00428 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.