Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A2000 crash in Bexley on 6 May 2017 at 08:10 involving a Piaggio Fly motorcycle

A Piaggio Fly motorcycle crashed on the A2000 in Bexley at 08:10 on Saturday 6 May 2017. The 43-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 2017
Saturday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Fly
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45397, longitude 0.17506, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crayford, Bexley, DA1 4LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010035823
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2000
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Fly

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Fly)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017010035823 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 2017.