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A24 crash in Merton on 24 December 1998 at 09:20 involving an MCW Metrocab taxi

An MCW Metrocab taxi crashed on the A24 in Merton at 09:20 on Thursday 24 December 1998. The 56-year-old male driver was 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
24 Dec 1998
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
MCW Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41004, longitude -0.19244, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801VW00795
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 31 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    9,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW Metrocab)

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 199801VW00795 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.