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B275 crash in Croydon on 8 April 1997 at 18:45 involving a Honda CBR1000F motorcycle

A Honda CBR1000F motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B275 in Croydon at 18:45 on Tuesday 8 April 1997. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Honda CBR1000F and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36301, longitude -0.10164, in the CR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701ZD00191
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
275
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1000F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1000F)

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 199701ZD00191 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1997.