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A202 crash in Southwark on 28 August 1997 at 18:15 involving a Honda CB350S motorcycle

A Honda CB350S motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A202 in Southwark at 18:15 on Thursday 28 August 1997. A 24-year-old female passenger on the Honda CB350S motorcycle and the 21-year-old male rider of the Honda CB350S motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 1997
Thursday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Honda CB350S and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47368, longitude -0.08913, 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
199701MS00313
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 14 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB350S

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    348 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB350S)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB350S)

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 199701MS00313 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.