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A3 crash in Lambeth on 20 December 2007 at 19:45 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3 in Lambeth at 19:45 on Thursday 20 December 2007. The 51-year-old female rider and an 80-year-old male pedestrian were 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
20 Dec 2007
Thursday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46234, longitude -0.13623, in the SW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clapham Town, Lambeth, SW4 0JQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701LX50690
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
41%
Estimated chance it was slight
59%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200701LX50690 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2007.