A206 crash in Greenwich on 1 November 2005 at 08:09 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A206 in Greenwich at 08:09 on Tuesday 1 November 2005. The 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2005
- Tuesday, 08:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha YZF R1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48526, longitude 0.10323, in the SE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plumstead & Glyndon, Greenwich, SE18 1LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501RG40718
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1996.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 4 November 1996
At the same spotRef 199601RA00464
Slight
Car crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 7 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198701RW00193
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 27 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200501RG40739
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 19 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200001RG00137
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 24 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010605573
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 4 October 1993
20 m awayRef 199301RA00372
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R1)
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 200501RG40718 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 2005.