A2198 crash in Southwark on 30 August 2002 at 09:43 involving a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle
A Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A2198 in Southwark at 09:43 on Friday 30 August 2002. The 30-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2002
- Friday, 09:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Gilera Runner 125 and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50179, longitude -0.09528, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borough & Bankside, Southwark, SE1 0QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201MM01074
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 20 April 2010.
Slight
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 20 April 2010
At the same spotRef 201001MM70284
Serious
Van crash on the A3201 in Southwark, 4 February 1988
10 m awayRef 198801MD00065
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 28 September 2013
10 m awayRef 201301MM70702
Slight
Honda Pes 125 crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 27 February 2012
10 m awayRef 201201MM70253
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 15 December 1999
10 m awayRef 199901MD00690
Serious
Mercedes 190 crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 4 March 1997
10 m awayRef 199701MD00132
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Gilera Runner 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,771 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 200201MM01074 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 2002.