A24 crash in Lambeth on 26 December 2017 at 16:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Honda CB600F motorcycle and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on the A24 in Lambeth at 16:39 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 22-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 16:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46003, longitude -0.14064, 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
- 2017010080244
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 December 2011.
Serious
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 27 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201101LX51028
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 19 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501LX00996
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 10 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200901LX51066
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 11 February 1996
10 m awayRef 199601LX00131
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 30 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501LM00299
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A24 in Lambeth, 26 August 2001
14 m awayRef 200101LX01400
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB600F)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2017010080244 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 2017.