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A20 crash in Bexley on 7 December 2000 at 17:05 involving a Peugeot motorcycle

A Peugeot motorcycle and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on the A20 in Bexley at 17:05 on Thursday 7 December 2000. The 25-year-old male rider of the Peugeot motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2000
Thursday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41376, longitude 0.10887, in the BR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200001PY01165
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot)

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 200001PY01165 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 2000.