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Fatal C road crash in Elmbridge KT12 on 18 December 1998 at 16:55 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter hit a pedestrian on a C road in Elmbridge at 16:55 on Friday 18 December 1998. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 37-year-old male rider 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
Fatal
Date
18 Dec 1998
Friday, 16:55
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37341, longitude -0.41429, in the KT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walton-on-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845NA00542
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 199845NA00542 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1998.