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A237 crash in Sutton on 5 May 2003 at 00:03 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A237 in Sutton at 00:03 on Monday 5 May 2003. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly 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
Slight
Date
5 May 2003
Monday, 00:03
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36547, longitude -0.15237, in the SM6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington North, Sutton, SM6 0BG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301ZT00183
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
237
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 21 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200301ZT00183 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2003.