B286 crash in Merton on 17 November 2017 at 14:45 involving a Honda SH125 motorcycle
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2017
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda SH125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40265, longitude -0.20321, in the SM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Merton Park, Merton, SW19 3LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010070857
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 286
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 2025.
Serious
Kawasaki EX crash on the B286 in Merton, 12 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010608923
Slight
Car crash on the B286 in Merton, 1 January 1986
45 m awayRef 198601VW00002
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B286 in Merton, 6 June 1982
51 m awayRef 1982010VW0354
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B286 in Merton, 11 September 1999
61 m awayRef 199901VW00563
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B286 in Merton, 15 December 1988
63 m awayRef 198801VW00801
Slight
Honda VTR1000F crash on the B286 in Merton, 14 November 2004
67 m awayRef 200401VW00437
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda SH125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda SH125)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010070857 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2017.