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A298 crash in Merton on 16 December 2014 at 18:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A298 in Merton at 18:30 on Tuesday 16 December 2014. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2014
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40686, longitude -0.22936, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201401VW40563
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
298
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
279

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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (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 201401VW40563 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 2014.