A117 crash in Newham on 11 May 2019 at 12:28 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a Honda SH125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A117 in Newham at 12:28 on Saturday 11 May 2019. The 51-year-old male rider of the Honda SH125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2019
- Saturday, 12:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and Honda SH125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52211, longitude 0.05791, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Ham South, Newham, E6 6HF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010180196
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 117
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2021.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 24 December 2021
1 m awayRef 2021010351929
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 18 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010581389
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A117 in Newham, 20 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010582673
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 4 July 2008
8 m awayRef 200801KF74020
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A117 in Newham, 27 July 1998
8 m awayRef 199801KO00416
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A117 in Newham, 11 February 2005
8 m awayRef 200501KF60105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SH125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010180196 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2019.