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Serious A2 crash in Southwark on 18 June 1999 at 13:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A2 in Southwark at 13:30 on Friday 18 June 1999. The 37-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jun 1999
Friday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49269, longitude -0.08342, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199901MD00320
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
2

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 13 February 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 199901MD00320 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1999.