A220 crash in Bexley on 17 May 2019 at 16:55 involving a Piaggio NRG motorcycle
A Piaggio NRG motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A220 in Bexley at 16:55 on Friday 17 May 2019. The 18-year-old male rider of the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 2019
- Friday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio NRG and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45699, longitude 0.15318, in the DA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7BW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010181524
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 220
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 24 May 1989.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A220 in Bexley, 24 May 1989
1 m awayRef 198901RY00378
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A220 in Bexley, 8 January 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010420241
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A220 in Bexley, 18 April 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010438236
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A220 in Bexley, 5 June 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010250491
Slight
Car crash on the A220 in Bexley, 8 September 1988
9 m awayRef 198801RY00607
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A220 in Bexley, 17 October 1994
10 m awayRef 199401RY00866
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio NRG)
- 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 2019010181524 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2019.