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Serious A2 crash in Greenwich on 5 February 2002 at 19:00 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 19:00 on Tuesday 5 February 2002. The 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Feb 2002
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSF 600 and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47256, longitude -0.01413, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenwich Park, Greenwich, SE10 8JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201PL00114
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)

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 200201PL00114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2002.