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A205 crash in Lambeth on 14 December 1997 at 11:59 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A205 in Lambeth at 11:59 on Sunday 14 December 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1997
Sunday, 11:59
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44096, longitude -0.10647, in the SE27 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
199701LS00538
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
205
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
205

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 20 March 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199701LS00538 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.