Serious A219 crash in Wandsworth on 18 July 2008 at 15:10 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A219 in Wandsworth at 15:10 on Friday 18 July 2008. The 49-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 28-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jul 2008
- Friday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45429, longitude -0.22018, in the SW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Putney, Wandsworth, SW15 2AB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801WW50392
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 219
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2025.
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the A219 in Wandsworth, 13 December 2025
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Slight
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Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A219 in Wandsworth, 7 November 2008
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Slight
Suzuki crash on the A219 in Wandsworth, 8 November 1991
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Serious
Mercedes 190 crash on the A219 in Wandsworth, 10 May 2007
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Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A219 in Wandsworth, 10 June 2014
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 903 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 200801WW50392 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 2008.