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Serious A214 crash in Wandsworth on 19 December 2002 at 19:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A214 in Wandsworth at 19:10 on Thursday 19 December 2002. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 2002
Thursday, 19:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44715, longitude -0.17124, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, SW18 3RS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201WW01378
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
214
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 31 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 200201WW01378 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 2002.