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Serious A124 crash in Newham on 28 August 1998 at 11:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A124 in Newham at 11:15 on Friday 28 August 1998. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
28 Aug 1998
Friday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53091, longitude 0.04245, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801KO00447
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
124
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 29 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199801KO00447 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.