B2227 crash in Lewisham on 23 July 2016 at 18:30 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2227 in Lewisham at 18:30 on Saturday 23 July 2016. The 19-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 private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Honda Pes 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47609, longitude -0.05286, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601MM70737
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2227
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 November 1994.
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B227 in Lewisham, 29 November 1994
10 m awayRef 199401PL00697
Slight
Van crash on the B2227 in Lewisham, 7 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TB01401
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B2227 in Lewisham, 15 December 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010615665
Slight
Car crash on the B2227 in Lewisham, 13 July 1985
14 m awayRef 198501MM00322
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B2227 in Lewisham, 14 May 2022
14 m awayRef 2022010376347
Slight
Car crash on the B2227 in Lewisham, 15 February 1988
22 m awayRef 198801PL00089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda Pes 125)
- 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 201601MM70737 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 2016.