Serious A217 crash in Merton on 22 May 2017 at 08:54 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A217 in Merton at 08:54 on Monday 22 May 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 May 2017
- Monday, 08:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Yamaha WR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40805, longitude -0.16331, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010038797
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 217
- 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 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2015.
Slight
Bus crash on the A217 in Merton, 4 June 2015
At the same spotRef 201501VW40256
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A217 in Merton, 10 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301VW00335
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A217 in Merton, 10 October 2011
At the same spotRef 201101VW40328
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A217 in Merton, 11 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200901VW40296
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A217 in Merton, 11 June 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010515581
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A217 in Merton, 11 July 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010193141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha WR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010038797 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.