A2 crash in Lewisham on 25 May 2002 at 08:33 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 08:33 on Saturday 25 May 2002. The 41-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2002
- Saturday, 08:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSF 600 and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47416, longitude -0.04517, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201PL00521
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2022.
Slight
Mercedes CLS Class crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 23 April 2022
10 m awayRef 2022010372340
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 11 July 1997
10 m awayRef 199701PL00384
Serious
Toyota crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 15 August 2001
10 m awayRef 200101PL00847
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 7 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200001PL01327
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 23 January 2014
10 m awayRef 201401PL60011
Serious
Honda VT125C crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 6 October 2013
10 m awayRef 201301PL60687
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, 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 200201PL00521 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.