B217 crash in Southwark on 14 February 2012 at 18:58 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle
A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B217 in Southwark at 18:58 on Tuesday 14 February 2012. The 20-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa 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
- 14 Feb 2012
- Tuesday, 18:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Vespa and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47881, longitude -0.08673, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camberwell Green, Southwark, SE5 0DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201MM70120
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 217
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 1993.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B217 in Southwark, 27 March 1993
At the same spotRef 199301MS00142
Slight
Car crash on the B217 in Southwark, 25 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199601MS00360
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B217 in Southwark, 18 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701MS00056
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B217 in Southwark, 25 July 2002
At the same spotRef 200201MM00894
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Southwark, 24 May 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010576693
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B217 in Southwark, 26 December 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010486006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)
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 201201MM70120 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2012.