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B217 crash in Southwark on 18 February 1997 at 17:23 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on the B217 in Southwark at 17:23 on Tuesday 18 February 1997. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 17:23
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47886, longitude -0.08676, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701MS00056
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
217
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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

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 199701MS00056 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.