A212 crash in Lewisham on 22 March 2017 at 09:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A212 in Lewisham at 09:00 on Wednesday 22 March 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2017
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42566, longitude -0.04537, in the SE26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26 4ER area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010027246
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 212
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2017.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 26 July 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010050648
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 3 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301PL00623
Slight
Car crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 17 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010PD0894
Slight
Car crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 5 February 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010PD0072
Slight
Car crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 21 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198901PD00421
Slight
Car crash on the A212 in Lewisham, 7 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198501PD00692
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010027246 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2017.