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Serious A201 crash in Southwark on 7 August 1997 at 09:30 involving an MG Montego

An MG Montego and a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A201 in Southwark at 09:30 on Thursday 7 August 1997. The 53-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1997
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
MG Montego and Honda CBR1100XX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49404, longitude -0.09116, 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
199701MS00358
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
201
Road type
Dual 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR1100XX

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,137 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1100XX)

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 199701MS00358 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.