B266 crash in Croydon on 21 March 2020 at 18:35 involving a Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle
A Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B266 in Croydon at 18:35 on Saturday 21 March 2020. The 33-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Tweet 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2020
- Saturday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Tweet 125 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39894, longitude -0.08787, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Norwood, Croydon, CR7 8SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010243309
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 266
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2017.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B266 in Croydon, 10 November 2017
7 m awayRef 2017010069254
Slight
Car crash on the B266 in Croydon, 18 April 2015
7 m awayRef 201501ZD30298
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B266 in Croydon, 2 April 2016
7 m awayRef 201601ZD30248
Slight
MZ crash on the B266 in Croydon, 30 October 1998
7 m awayRef 199801ZN00699
Serious
Nissan Silvia crash on the B266 in Croydon, 1 April 1997
7 m awayRef 199701ZN00253
Serious
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the B266 in Croydon, 14 April 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010370801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Tweet 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Tweet 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020010243309 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2020.