A1202 crash in Hackney on 10 December 2002 at 08:30 involving a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle
A Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A1202 in Hackney at 08:30 on Tuesday 10 December 2002. The 35-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle and a 22-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XJ 600 N and lorry
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52411, longitude -0.08022, in the EC2A postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201GD01145
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1202
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2002.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 30 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200201GD01100
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Hackney, 9 June 2007
At the same spotRef 200701GD63946
Serious
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 14 August 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010460635
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on a C road in Hackney, 8 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010596226
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 30 March 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010GH0183
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 19 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200301GD09013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJ 600 N
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)
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 200201GD01145 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2002.