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A2212 crash in Lewisham on 12 January 2002 at 02:10 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2212 in Lewisham at 02:10 on Saturday 12 January 2002. The 17-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle and an 18-year-old male passenger on the Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle were slightly injured.

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
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2002
Saturday, 02:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Piaggio Typhoon
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45233, longitude 0.0119, in the SE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lee Green, Lewisham, SE12 8AA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201PL00034
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2212
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio Typhoon

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Typhoon)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Typhoon)

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 200201PL00034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2002.