A3 crash in Southwark on 1 January 2013 at 23:23 involving a Peugeot Ludix motorcycle
A Peugeot Ludix motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3 in Southwark at 23:23 on Tuesday 1 January 2013. The 21-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Ludix motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jan 2013
- Tuesday, 23:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Ludix and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4928, longitude -0.10113, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaucer, Southwark, SE1 6PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301MM70331
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- 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
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1997.
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the A3 in Southwark, 2 March 1997
At the same spotRef 199701MS00079
Slight
Van crash on the A3 in Southwark, 26 July 1985
At the same spotRef 198501MD00367
Slight
Suzuki GS 500 crash on the A3 in Southwark, 10 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200501MM71181
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A3 in Southwark, 17 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601MS00110
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Southwark, 19 August 1989
At the same spotRef 198901MS00318
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3 in Southwark, 26 January 1990
At the same spotRef 199001MD00039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Ludix
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Ludix)
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 201301MM70331 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 2013.