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Fatal B272 crash in Merton on 12 February 2018 at 10:56 involving a Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle crashed on the B272 in Merton at 10:56 on Monday 12 February 2018. The 37-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Feb 2018
Monday, 10:56
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX1200
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39771, longitude -0.1459, in the CR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pollards Hill, Merton, CR4 1HT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010089665
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
272
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1200)

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 2018010089665 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 2018.