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Serious C road crash in Merton SW19 on 13 December 2003 at 19:16 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Merton at 19:16 on Saturday 13 December 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Honda 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 crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2003
Saturday, 19:16
Vehicles
2
Honda and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42003, longitude -0.19678, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wimbledon Town & Dundonald, Merton, SW19 3SF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301VW00610
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
C

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 1 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    89 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 200301VW00610 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 2003.