A238 crash in Merton on 16 December 2014 at 15:55 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Honda NSC110E motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A238 in Merton at 15:55 on Tuesday 16 December 2014. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC110E 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Honda NSC110E
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41606, longitude -0.18413, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401VW40576
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2010.
Slight
Piaggio X9 crash on the A238 in Merton, 9 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201001VW49089
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A238 in Merton, 3 May 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010105720
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the A238 in Merton, 8 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200101VW00181
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Merton, 4 November 1985
At the same spotRef 198501VW00755
Serious
Aprilia RSV Mille crash on the A238 in Merton, 17 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200501VW40430
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A238 in Merton, 17 May 1996
At the same spotRef 199601VW00326
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Honda NSC110E
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSC110E)
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 201401VW40576 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.