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A298 crash in Merton on 20 November 2002 at 21:55 involving a Daihatsu Applause

A Daihatsu Applause crashed on the A298 in Merton at 21:55 on Wednesday 20 November 2002. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 2002
Wednesday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Applause
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40361, longitude -0.24041, in the SW20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raynes Park, Merton, KT3 4PR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201VW00657
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
298
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Applause

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Applause)

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 200201VW00657 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2002.