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Serious B402 crash in Camden on 15 December 1998 at 15:02 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class hit a pedestrian on the B402 in Camden at 15:02 on Tuesday 15 December 1998. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 15:02
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51583, longitude -0.12066, in the WC2B postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801EO00524
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
402
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, 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 199801EO00524 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1998.