A2 crash in Greenwich on 17 November 2008 at 07:50 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle
A van and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 07:50 on Monday 17 November 2008. The 37-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was 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
- 17 Nov 2008
- Monday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Kawasaki ZX600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47223, longitude 0.02603, 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
- 200801RG40720
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 19 January 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010RD0059
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 6 July 1985
At the same spotRef 198501RD00410
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 1 October 1984
At the same spotRef 198401RD00639
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 22 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198601RD00535
Slight
Yamaha XJ 900 S crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 20 October 2005
10 m awayRef 200501RG40696
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 3 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501RD00398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)
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 200801RG40720 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 2008.