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Unclassified road crash in Wandsworth SW11 on 18 March 1998 at 19:15 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wandsworth at 19:15 on Wednesday 18 March 1998. The 23-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Peugeot Speedfight
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4703, longitude -0.17624, in the SW11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801WA00136
Council area
Wandsworth
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
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 3 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 199801WA00136 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 1998.