B212 crash in Lewisham on 18 February 2002 at 11:20 involving a Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle and an LDV 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B212 in Lewisham at 11:20 on Monday 18 February 2002. The 55-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2002
- Monday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki ZX1200 and LDV 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46634, longitude 0.0082, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE3 0RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201PL00156
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 212
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 212
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 19 March 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B212 in Lewisham, 19 March 2011
At the same spotRef 201101PL60131
Serious
Bus crash on the B212 in Lewisham, 30 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TD00498
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B212 in Lewisham, 25 June 2008
10 m awayRef 200801PL60366
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 12 April 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010569219
Slight
Scooter crash on the B212 in Lewisham, 30 December 1983
14 m awayRef 1983010PD0870
Slight
Car crash on the B212 in Lewisham, 14 March 1988
14 m awayRef 198801PD00146
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1200
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: LDV 200 Series
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1200)
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 200201PL00156 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.