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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE6 on 20 July 1999 at 15:55 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 15:55 on Tuesday 20 July 1999. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were 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
20 Jul 1999
Tuesday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42547, longitude -0.032, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199901PD00430
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 1 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 199901PD00430 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1999.