A21 crash in Lewisham on 20 December 2009 at 19:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Honda ANF126T motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 19:05 on Sunday 20 December 2009. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda ANF126T motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2009
- Sunday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Honda ANF126T
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44887, longitude -0.01718, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushey Green, Lewisham, SE6 2EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200901PL60874
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 January 2003.
Serious
Renault 19 crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 2 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200301PL00016
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 22 September 2010
At the same spotRef 201001TB00651
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 13 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201101PL60739
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 4 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199701PD00476
Slight
Lorry crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 16 February 1989
At the same spotRef 198901PD00118
Slight
Dennis crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 22 April 2005
At the same spotRef 200501PL60369
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Honda ANF126T
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda ANF126T)
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 200901PL60874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2009.