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Serious B202 crash in Southwark on 3 December 1997 at 19:12 involving a Ford Scorpio

A Ford Scorpio hit a pedestrian on the B202 in Southwark at 19:12 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 19:12
Vehicles
1
Ford Scorpio
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49752, longitude -0.07834, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701MD00659
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
202
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Scorpio)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199701MD00659 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1997.