C road crash in Croydon CR0 on 26 December 2005 at 21:50 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Croydon at 21:50 on Monday 26 December 2005. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2005
- Monday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34092, longitude -0.01509, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Addington South, Croydon, CR0 0NY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501ZD31481
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 February 1985.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Croydon, 4 February 1985
At the same spotRef 198501ZN00069
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Croydon, 21 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601ZN00486
Slight
Vmoto Cpa crash on a C road in Croydon, 5 December 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010613579
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on a C road in Croydon, 18 November 2022
12 m awayRef 2022010411698
Slight
Aprilia RS 125 crash on a C road in Croydon, 13 December 2004
14 m awayRef 200401ZD39028
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Croydon, 30 August 2010
14 m awayRef 201001ZD30694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 200501ZD31481 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 2005.