A409 crash in Harrow on 3 February 2017 at 01:11 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A409 in Harrow at 01:11 on Friday 3 February 2017. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2017
- Friday, 01:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R125 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58031, longitude -0.3287, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenhill, Harrow, HA1 2EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010015902
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 409
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2001.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A409 in Harrow, 9 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200101QA00549
Serious
Dennis crash on the A409 in Harrow, 23 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200101QA00688
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A409 in Harrow, 7 May 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010035906
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A409 in Harrow, 12 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199801QA00680
Slight
Chevrolet Orlando crash on the A409 in Harrow, 4 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201501QA10102
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A409 in Harrow, 10 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200501QA10137
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- 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 2017010015902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2017.