A3211 crash in the City of London on 17 March 2002 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3211 in the City of London at 14:00 on Sunday 17 March 2002. The 37-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2002
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and Gilera Runner 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51095, longitude -0.09461, in the EC4V postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London. It is one of the crashes that make up the Candlewick, City of London, EC4R 9AF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201CP00092
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3211
- Road type
- Dual 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2018.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 11 July 2018
2 m awayRef 2018480333723
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 30 June 2018
2 m awayRef 2018480332653
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 12 June 2018
4 m awayRef 2018480315596
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 4 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022481226063
Slight
Car crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 6 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025481633497
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 18 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101CP00114
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner 125)
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 200201CP00092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2002.