A2 crash in Greenwich on 28 March 2007 at 18:38 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT and a Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 18:38 on Wednesday 28 March 2007. The 40-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle and a 34-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle were 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
- 28 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 18:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TT and Yamaha YZF 1000 R
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47396, longitude 0.02495, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200701RG40228
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2020.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 20 July 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010258609
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 29 January 2019
8 m awayRef 2019010160205
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 6 December 1984
10 m awayRef 198401RD00841
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 17 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200501RG40449
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 26 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501RD00460
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 11 July 2023
11 m awayRef 2023010454668
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF 1000 R
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,002 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)
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 200701RG40228 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 2007.