A23 crash in Lambeth on 3 August 2018 at 14:35 involving a Kawasaki ZR800 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZR800 motorcycle and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 14:35 on Friday 3 August 2018. The 19-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR800 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2018
- Friday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki ZR800 and Land Rover Range Rover
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43663, longitude -0.12792, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham Hill East, Lambeth, SW16 2NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010124894
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1990.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 28 November 1990
At the same spotRef 199001LS00616
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 11 June 1992
At the same spotRef 199201LS00236
Slight
Volvo crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 10 January 1993
At the same spotRef 199301LS00026
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 24 September 1991
At the same spotRef 199101LS00421
Slight
Taxi crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 20 January 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010158558
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 25 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200201LX01729
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR800
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 806 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR800)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2018010124894 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 2018.