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Serious A2041 crash in Greenwich on 17 July 2012 at 08:37 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A2041 in Greenwich at 08:37 on Tuesday 17 July 2012. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 2012
Tuesday, 08:37
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50519, longitude 0.10516, in the SE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thamesmead Moorings, Greenwich, SE28 8AT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201TB00733
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2041
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201201TB00733 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 2012.