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A2 crash in Greenwich on 17 December 2004 at 16:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 16:30 on Friday 17 December 2004. The 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly 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
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2004
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 slightly 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401RG40759
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

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

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 200401RG40759 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 2004.