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Serious A1211 crash in the City of London on 21 March 1997 at 21:29 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit two pedestrians on the A1211 in the City of London at 21:29 on Friday 21 March 1997. A 22-year-old male pedestrian, a 19-year-old male pedestrian and the 29-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Mar 1997
Friday, 21:29
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51707, longitude -0.08645, in the EC2M postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701CP00046
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1211
Road type
Dual 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, 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 199701CP00046 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 1997.