A206 crash in Bexley on 14 July 2016 at 09:10 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A206 in Bexley at 09:10 on Thursday 14 July 2016. The 53-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48433, longitude 0.16455, in the DA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erith, Bexley, DA8 1PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601RY10257
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- A
- Second road number
- 206
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2004.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A206 in Bexley, 6 February 2004
At the same spotRef 200401RY00087
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A206 in Bexley, 25 October 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010RY0863
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A206 in Bexley, 23 September 1992
At the same spotRef 199201RY00608
Slight
Car crash on the A206 in Bexley, 23 December 1985
At the same spotRef 198501RY01016
Serious
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A206 in Bexley, 30 June 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010045934
Serious
Car crash on the A206 in Bexley, 9 May 1988
10 m awayRef 198801RY00312
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 680 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201601RY10257 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2016.