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B318 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 2 November 1998 at 05:15 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motor scooter

A Peugeot Speedfight motor scooter and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the B318 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 05:15 on Monday 2 November 1998. The 38-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motor scooter and a 28-year-old male passenger on the Peugeot Speedfight motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1998
Monday, 05:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Speedfight and Peugeot 405
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47766, longitude -0.19265, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801FF00356
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
318
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
Raining, 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 27 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 199801FF00356 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 1998.