Serious A106 crash in Hackney on 18 December 2018 at 19:15 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and an Audi Q7 were involved in a crash on the A106 in Hackney at 19:15 on Tuesday 18 December 2018. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R125 and Audi Q7
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54057, longitude -0.04996, in the E9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Hackney, E9 7EL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010153010
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 1992.
Slight
Car crash on the A106 in Hackney, 21 May 1992
20 m awayRef 199201GH00250
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A106 in Hackney, 29 January 1984
22 m awayRef 198401GH00043
Slight
Car crash on the A106 in Hackney, 17 July 1982
22 m awayRef 1982010GH0404
Slight
Car crash on the A106 in Hackney, 30 May 1991
28 m awayRef 199101GH00238
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A106 in Hackney, 18 April 2009
30 m awayRef 200901GD10198
Slight
Car crash on the A106 in Hackney, 30 January 1984
30 m awayRef 198401GH00057
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018010153010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2018.