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A221 crash in Bexley on 17 December 1996 at 07:40 involving a Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A221 in Bexley at 07:40 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. The 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KL600 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44242, longitude 0.11822, in the DA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601RY00826
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
221
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KL600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    564 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KL600)

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 199601RY00826 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 1996.