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B223 crash in Lambeth on 20 September 1997 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B223 in Lambeth at 18:00 on Saturday 20 September 1997. The 63-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were 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
20 Sep 1997
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45477, longitude -0.10403, in the SE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701LD00422
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
223
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 slight injury crash on 2 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199701LD00422 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1997.