A24 crash in Wandsworth on 31 December 2002 at 16:45 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A24 in Wandsworth at 16:45 on Tuesday 31 December 2002. The male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43424, longitude -0.16197, in the SW17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, SW17 8SX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201WW01400
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2025.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 29 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010583692
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 9 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701WW50230
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 3 June 2011
10 m awayRef 201101WW50451
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 29 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200101WW00667
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 3 November 1987
10 m awayRef 198701WD00468
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Wandsworth, 12 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198401WD00416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 200201WW01400 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.