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Serious unclassified road crash in Southwark SE17 on 20 July 2018 at 16:06 involving a Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle and a KTM 390 Duke motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southwark at 16:06 on Friday 20 July 2018. The 70-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jul 2018
Friday, 16:06
Vehicles
2
Harley-Davidson XL 883 and KTM 390 Duke
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48818, longitude -0.10103, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newington, Southwark, SE17 3RF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010131730
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL 883

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    883 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: KTM 390 Duke

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    373 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL 883)

    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 2018010131730 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2018.