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Unclassified road crash in Bexley DA16 on 20 April 1998 at 17:55 involving a Volkswagen

A motorcycle and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 17:55 on Monday 20 April 1998. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly 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
Slight
Date
20 Apr 1998
Monday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46695, longitude 0.11964, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RY00217
Council area
Bexley
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
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199801RY00217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1998.