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A236 crash in Merton on 2 October 2008 at 14:30 involving a Honda CBF500 motorcycle

A Honda CBF500 motorcycle, a car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A236 in Merton at 14:30 on Thursday 2 October 2008. The 23-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF500 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 2008
Thursday, 14:30
Vehicles
3
Honda CBF500 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40531, longitude -0.16414, in the CR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Figge's Marsh, Merton, CR4 2PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200801VW40360
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
236
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
217

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBF500

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF500)

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 200801VW40360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2008.