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Serious A238 crash in Merton on 21 April 2004 at 17:15 involving a Toyota Carina

A bicycle and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A238 in Merton at 17:15 on Wednesday 21 April 2004. The 28-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Apr 2004
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Toyota Carina
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41528, longitude -0.19783, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Merton, SW19 2NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401VW00134
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
238
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
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 200401VW00134 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 2004.