A2 crash in Bexley on 19 August 1993 at 08:15 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 08:15 on Thursday 19 August 1993. The 44-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 1993
- Thursday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45428, longitude 0.09372, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199301RY00514
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1996.
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A2 in Bexley, 15 August 1996
20 m awayRef 199601RY00527
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A2 in Bexley, 15 October 2019
21 m awayRef 2019010211736
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A2 in Bexley, 11 November 1996
22 m awayRef 199601RY00754
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A2 in Bexley, 25 September 2023
24 m awayRef 2023010468074
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A2 in Bexley, 5 February 2003
28 m awayRef 200301RY00074
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Bexley, 1 August 1996
30 m awayRef 199601RY00496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 98 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 44, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
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 199301RY00514 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1993.