A2 crash in Lewisham on 1 June 2017 at 23:20 involving a Honda SH125 motorcycle
A Honda SH125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 23:20 on Thursday 1 June 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Honda SH125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda SH125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47607, longitude -0.04811, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010040792
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual 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 lit
- 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 serious injury crash on 7 August 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 7 August 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010052388
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Toyota crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 25 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301PL60501
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 6 October 2010
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Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 13 September 2014
At the same spotRef 201401PL60779
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 25 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200201PL00181
Slight
Suzuki GS 500 crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 4 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200001PL00675
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda SH125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda SH125)
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 2017010040792 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.