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Fatal C road crash in Newham E16 on 10 December 2002 at 19:00 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Newham at 19:00 on Tuesday 10 December 2002. The 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Yamaha DT 125 R and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51671, longitude 0.03895, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow South, Newham, E13 8PL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201KO01026
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

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 200201KO01026 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2002.