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B241 crash in Wandsworth on 11 May 1998 at 15:14 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the B241 in Wandsworth at 15:14 on Monday 11 May 1998. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 1998
Monday, 15:14
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42758, longitude -0.15262, in the SW17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wandsworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801WW00263
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
241
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 9 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199801WW00263 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.