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A217 crash in Wandsworth on 18 September 2005 at 22:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A217 in Wandsworth at 22:00 on Sunday 18 September 2005. The 59-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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 junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 2005
Sunday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45932, longitude -0.19076, in the SW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wandsworth Town, Wandsworth, SW18 1SR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wandsworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200501WW50542
Council area
Wandsworth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
217
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
3205

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (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 200501WW50542 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 2005.