A21 crash in Lewisham on 21 July 2017 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 09:30 on Friday 21 July 2017. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 21-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2017
- Friday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45502, longitude -0.0159, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010049915
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 April 2002.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 26 April 2002
At the same spotRef 200201PL00422
Slight
Dennis crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 8 September 2005
At the same spotRef 200501PL60801
Slight
Volvo crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 27 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001PL01145
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 17 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200001PL00834
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 12 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200101PL01097
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 12 October 2014
10 m awayRef 201401PL60830
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010049915 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.