Unclassified road crash in Merton SW20 on 24 May 2020 at 13:30 involving a Renault Clio
A motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 13:30 on Sunday 24 May 2020. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2020
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39283, longitude -0.22321, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Morden, Merton, SM4 4JR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010248892
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2003.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B279 in Merton, 12 September 2003
16 m awayRef 200301VW00496
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the B279 in Merton, 3 November 2021
16 m awayRef 2021010341729
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the B279 in Merton, 8 January 2020
16 m awayRef 2020010229069
Slight
Car crash on the B279 in Merton, 26 January 2024
20 m awayRef 2024010491340
Slight
Renault 25 crash on the B279 in Merton, 2 February 1998
21 m awayRef 199801VW00059
Serious
Car crash on the B279 in Merton, 22 April 2016
21 m awayRef 201601VW40190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020010248892 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2020.