B214 crash in Southwark on 1 December 2016 at 15:15 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the B214 in Southwark at 15:15 on Thursday 1 December 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48435, longitude -0.08463, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Faraday, Southwark, SE17 2EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010004498
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 214
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Serious
Car crash on the B214 in Southwark, 3 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010609945
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B214 in Southwark, 19 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200001MM00315
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B214 in Southwark, 25 August 1994
14 m awayRef 199401MS00301
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B214 in Southwark, 12 December 2003
14 m awayRef 200301MM01516
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B214 in Southwark, 27 October 2004
14 m awayRef 200401MM70717
Slight
Bus crash on the B214 in Southwark, 6 September 2012
14 m awayRef 201201MM70726
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- 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
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016010004498 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 2016.