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A100 crash in the City of London on 16 July 2003 at 08:05 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A100 in the City of London at 08:05 on Wednesday 16 July 2003. The 38-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 43-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were 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
16 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Yamaha FZS 1000
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50684, longitude -0.07446, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Bermondsey, Southwark, SE1 2LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of London

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301HT00534
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
100
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 1000

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 1000)

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 200301HT00534 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 2003.