A2216 crash in Southwark on 11 July 2012 at 21:39 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A motorcycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A2216 in Southwark at 21:39 on Wednesday 11 July 2012. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2012
- Wednesday, 21:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44664, longitude -0.07225, in the SE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dulwich Hill, Southwark, SE22 0QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201MM70524
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2216
- 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2006.
Slight
Yamaha YZF R6 crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 31 October 2006
At the same spotRef 200601MM71051
Serious
Volvo V70 crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 6 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200601MM70130
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 10 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200501MM70554
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 22 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200901MM70502
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 18 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201201MM71052
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A2216 in Southwark, 21 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199701MM00507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201201MM70524 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.