Serious A23 crash in Lambeth on 14 July 1999 at 13:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 13:45 on Wednesday 14 July 1999. The 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jul 1999
- Wednesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Aprilia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46816, longitude -0.11252, in the SW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199901LD00309
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2000.
Serious
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 17 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200001LX00831
Slight
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 20 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200301LX00361
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 27 September 1985
At the same spotRef 198501LD00424
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 29 March 1988
At the same spotRef 198801LD00132
Slight
Fiat X1/9 crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 18 April 1990
At the same spotRef 199001LD00249
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 17 April 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010570075
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)
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 199901LD00309 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1999.