B271 crash in Sutton on 14 December 2018 at 16:30 involving a Ford Transit van
A motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B271 in Sutton at 16:30 on Friday 14 December 2018. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2018
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36087, longitude -0.12541, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Beddington & Roundshaw, Sutton, SM6 9HH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010152185
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B271 in Sutton, 16 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200501ZT80231
Slight
Scania crash on the B271 in Sutton, 8 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200101ZD00003
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B271 in Sutton, 9 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201001ZT80356
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B271 in Sutton, 7 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199401ZP00019
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B271 in Sutton, 25 November 1996
At the same spotRef 199601ZP01097
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the B271 in Sutton, 3 May 1999
At the same spotRef 199901ZP00352
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2018010152185 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 2018.