A239 crash in Merton on 15 May 2017 at 08:45 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A239 in Merton at 08:45 on Monday 15 May 2017. The 50-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 20-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2017
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39955, longitude -0.16595, in the CR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Figge's Marsh, Merton, CR4 2PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010037409
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 239
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2018.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A239 in Merton, 17 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010139685
Slight
Lexmoto Titan crash on the A239 in Merton, 25 April 2022
4 m awayRef 2022010372732
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A239 in Merton, 21 January 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010556215
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merton, 11 August 1995
10 m awayRef 199501ZM00469
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A239 in Merton, 29 September 2005
10 m awayRef 200501VW40334
Slight
Lexus IS200 crash on the A239 in Merton, 16 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200401VW00494
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017010037409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2017.