A23 crash in Lambeth on 22 December 2020 at 10:30 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 10:30 on Tuesday 22 December 2020. The 39-year-old female rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2020
- Tuesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4321, longitude -0.12943, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Streatham St Leonard's, Lambeth, SW16 6AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010286196
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 2025.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 6 March 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010562472
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 5 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010613677
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 26 March 1997
4 m awayRef 199701LS00123
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 28 January 1991
4 m awayRef 199101LS00058
Slight
Car crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 7 July 1984
4 m awayRef 198401LS00305
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A23 in Lambeth, 25 February 1995
4 m awayRef 199501LS00074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020010286196 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 2020.