B271 crash in Sutton on 19 October 2017 at 16:40 involving a Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle
A Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the B271 in Sutton at 16:40 on Thursday 19 October 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2017
- Thursday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Tweet 125 and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3619, longitude -0.12249, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waddon, Croydon, CR0 4RY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010065517
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 271
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 4 September 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B271 in Sutton, 4 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199701ZD00518
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B271 in Sutton, 11 September 1984
At the same spotRef 198401ZP01006
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B271 in Sutton, 27 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200601ZT80244
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the B271 in Sutton, 21 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010581922
Slight
Peugeot 305 crash on the B271 in Sutton, 16 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199201ZP01284
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B271 in Sutton, 20 August 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010ZP0958
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Tweet 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Tweet 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010065517 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2017.