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Unclassified road crash in Wandsworth SW18 on 15 July 1998 at 16:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wandsworth at 16:25 on Wednesday 15 July 1998. The 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45245, longitude -0.17868, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801WW00413
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 26 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199801WW00413 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.