Serious A2041 crash in Greenwich on 2 April 2016 at 07:40 involving a Toyota Corolla
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49933, longitude 0.12088, in the SE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thamesmead East, Bexley, SE2 9FL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601RG40151
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2041
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2008.
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 14 December 2008
30 m awayRef 200801RY10544
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 30 June 2025
33 m awayRef 2025010583837
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 24 February 1996
40 m awayRef 199601RA00087
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 8 October 1997
51 m awayRef 199701RA00376
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 30 September 1988
51 m awayRef 198801RW00394
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 17 February 1996
51 m awayRef 199601RA00079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 449 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201601RG40151 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2016.