A2 crash in Lewisham on 2 September 2014 at 21:44 involving a Ducati motorcycle
A Ducati motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 21:44 on Tuesday 2 September 2014. The 38-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2014
- Tuesday, 21:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ducati and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47455, longitude -0.0417, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401PL60740
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 18 November 2001.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 18 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101PL01225
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 24 January 2013
At the same spotRef 201301PL60019
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 30 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200401PL60391
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 20 November 1989
At the same spotRef 198901PL00613
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 16 March 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010432629
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 24 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010605482
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ducati
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 904 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Ducati)
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 201401PL60740 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 2014.