Skip to main content
CrashStats

A236 crash in Croydon on 25 August 2017 at 16:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A236 in Croydon at 16:10 on Friday 25 August 2017. The 57-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 2017
Friday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36881, longitude -0.10454, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairfield, Croydon, CR9 1SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010056034
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
236
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
271

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    883 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017010056034 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.