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Unclassified road crash in Newham E6 on 18 January 1998 at 14:50 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 14:50 on Sunday 18 January 1998. A 7-year-old male passenger on the bicycle and the 15-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 1998
Sunday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53481, longitude 0.06613, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801KO00027
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
A
Second road number
124

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 21 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199801KO00027 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1998.