A2 crash in Greenwich on 26 September 2003 at 17:40 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 17:40 on Friday 26 September 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2003
- Friday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Suzuki GZ 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45673, longitude 0.04362, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eltham Page, Greenwich, SE9 6AU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TD00425
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 6 February 2019
12 m awayRef 2019010161998
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 20 December 2004
14 m awayRef 200401RG40744
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 14 February 1989
14 m awayRef 198901RG00084
Slight
BMW X4 crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 8 February 2017
22 m awayRef 2017010016960
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 29 June 2011
22 m awayRef 201101RG40369
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 22 October 1993
30 m awayRef 199301RG00562
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GZ 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GZ 125)
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 200301TD00425 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 2003.