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B213 crash in Bexley on 31 December 2001 at 19:46 involving a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B213 in Bexley at 19:46 on Monday 31 December 2001. The 34-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2001
Monday, 19:46
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ER500 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49027, longitude 0.13487, in the DA17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thamesmead East, Bexley, DA18 4HB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101RY00829
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
213
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ER500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ER500)

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 200101RY00829 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 2001.