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A219 crash in Merton on 30 December 1997 at 16:05 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 hit a pedestrian on the A219 in Merton at 16:05 on Tuesday 30 December 1997. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42142, longitude -0.20782, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701VW09004
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
219
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
219

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199701VW09004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1997.