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Serious A13 crash in Havering on 14 December 1997 at 09:57 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Havering at 09:57 on Sunday 14 December 1997. A 55-year-old female passenger on the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1997
Sunday, 09:57
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51154, longitude 0.22216, in the RM13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701KD01147
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
13

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199701KD01147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1997.