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Fatal A2041 crash in Greenwich on 9 September 2019 at 00:28 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A2041 in Greenwich at 00:28 on Monday 9 September 2019. The 21-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Sep 2019
Monday, 00:28
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50183, longitude 0.12054, in the SE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thamesmead East, Bexley, SE2 9FL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010204165
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2041
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
2041

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    670 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2019010204165 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2019.