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Serious A107 crash in Hackney on 26 February 2017 at 17:00 involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a Mazda 2 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A107 in Hackney at 17:00 on Sunday 26 February 2017. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2017
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Harley-Davidson and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5555, longitude -0.05495, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hackney Downs, Hackney, E5 8LF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010021229
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
107
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Honda

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda)

    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 2017010021229 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2017.