A217 crash in Sutton on 21 July 2016 at 15:28 involving a Mercedes E Class
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38396, longitude -0.19043, in the SM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Helier West, Sutton, SM5 1AJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601ZT80273
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 217
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2230
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1998.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B2230 in Sutton, 25 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801ZP01105
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A217 in Sutton, 18 January 2012
At the same spotRef 201201ZT80016
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A217 in Sutton, 24 February 2000
At the same spotRef 200001ZP00216
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A217 in Sutton, 19 June 2004
At the same spotRef 200401ZT80104
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A217 in Sutton, 3 May 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010036363
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A217 in Sutton, 4 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010601802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201601ZT80273 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2016.