A2218 crash in Lewisham on 31 May 2016 at 14:32 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on the A2218 in Lewisham at 14:32 on Tuesday 31 May 2016. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2016
- Tuesday, 14:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4283, longitude -0.03432, in the SE26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26 4ER area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601PL60415
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2218
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 2218
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 7 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199801PD00665
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 4 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PD00019
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 28 April 1998
At the same spotRef 199801PD00229
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 11 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PD00018
Slight
Car crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 11 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200301PL00148
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A2218 in Lewisham, 7 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010602376
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201601PL60415 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.