Unclassified road crash in Newham E20 on 29 November 2016 at 17:37 involving a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 17:37 on Tuesday 29 November 2016. The 60-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle and the 27-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2016
- Tuesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD 125 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5462, longitude -0.01309, in the E20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stratford Olympic Park, Newham, E20 1FA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010004300
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 60, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 27, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016010004300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2016.