A23 crash in Lambeth on 13 November 2019 at 16:39 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 16:39 on Wednesday 13 November 2019. The 39-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
- 13 Nov 2019
- Wednesday, 16:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41816, longitude -0.12721, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham Common & Vale, Lambeth, SW16 5LR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010218166
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- 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
- 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 6 July 2023.
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 6 July 2023
At the same spotRef 2023010453527
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 2 May 2024
2 m awayRef 2024010508185
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 8 November 2002
4 m awayRef 200201LX01602
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 9 November 2003
4 m awayRef 200301LX01433
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 6 May 1995
4 m awayRef 199501LS00183
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 7 January 1995
4 m awayRef 199501LS00007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010218166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2019.