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A23 crash in Lambeth on 14 May 1998 at 17:20 involving a Mercedes S Class

A Mercedes S Class and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 17:20 on Thursday 14 May 1998. The 37-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 May 1998
Thursday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes S Class and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44215, longitude -0.1247, in the SW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801LS00218
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual 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 14 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    3,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)

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 199801LS00218 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1998.