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C road crash in Merton CR4 on 21 February 1998 at 18:55 involving a Ford Courier

A Ford Courier hit a pedestrian on a C road in Merton at 18:55 on Saturday 21 February 1998. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1998
Saturday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Courier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40322, longitude -0.13621, in the CR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801VW00100
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 18 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Courier

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Courier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199801VW00100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1998.