B275 crash in Croydon on 18 August 2017 at 08:50 involving a Honda CBR500RA motorcycle
A Honda CBR500RA motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B275 in Croydon at 08:50 on Friday 18 August 2017. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR500RA motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2017
- Friday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR500RA and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36651, longitude -0.10133, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Croydon, Croydon, CR0 1EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010054430
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 275
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 20 October 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B275 in Croydon, 20 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200401ZD30799
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B275 in Croydon, 1 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200801ZD30439
Slight
Car crash on the B275 in Croydon, 9 September 1999
At the same spotRef 199901ZD00548
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B275 in Croydon, 4 April 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010503196
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B275 in Croydon, 23 June 1999
10 m awayRef 199901ZD00380
Slight
Car crash on the B275 in Croydon, 30 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198501ZD00062
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR500RA
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 471 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR500RA)
- 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 2017010054430 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2017.