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A2 crash in Greenwich on 13 April 2016 at 07:24 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 07:24 on Wednesday 13 April 2016. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Apr 2016
Wednesday, 07:24
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45834, longitude 0.07479, in the SE9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Wickham, Bexley, DA16 2ST area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201601RG40252
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 201601RG40252 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.