B235 crash in Merton on 28 November 2016 at 13:07 involving a Mercedes
A Mercedes and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B235 in Merton at 13:07 on Monday 28 November 2016. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 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
- 28 Nov 2016
- Monday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41079, longitude -0.22748, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010003853
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 235
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 238
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1989.
Slight
Bus crash on the A238 in Merton, 24 November 1989
At the same spotRef 198901VW00856
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the B235 in Merton, 13 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200701VW40277
Serious
Car crash on the B235 in Merton, 15 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200101VW00039
Slight
Car crash on the B235 in Merton, 28 April 1999
At the same spotRef 199901VW00263
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B235 in Merton, 31 July 2016
At the same spotRef 201601VW40381
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A238 in Merton, 17 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200801VW40157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016010003853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2016.