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Serious A215 crash in Croydon on 5 December 2003 at 16:35 involving a Honda CG125 motorcycle

A Honda CG125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A215 in Croydon at 16:35 on Friday 5 December 2003. The 34-year-old male rider and a 57-year-old male pedestrian were seriously 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
Serious
Date
5 Dec 2003
Friday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Honda CG125
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4038, longitude -0.08095, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Norwood, Croydon, SE25 4AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301ZD01153
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
215
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 slight injury crash on 29 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CG125

    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
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CG125)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda CG125)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200301ZD01153 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2003.