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Serious A2 crash in Greenwich on 30 June 2018 at 20:42 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 20:42 on Saturday 30 June 2018. The 49-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jun 2018
Saturday, 20:42
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Suzuki GSR 750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47284, longitude 0.0095, in the SE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE3 0RX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010117858
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSR 750

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSR 750)

    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 2018010117858 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2018.