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A216 crash in Lambeth on 2 April 1997 at 18:21 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent hit a pedestrian on the A216 in Lambeth at 18:21 on Wednesday 2 April 1997. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 1997
Wednesday, 18:21
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42615, longitude -0.13614, in the SW16 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
199701LS00137
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
216
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

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

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 199701LS00137 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.