A215 crash in Southwark on 12 May 2021 at 19:44 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A215 in Southwark at 19:44 on Wednesday 12 May 2021. The 36-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2021
- Wednesday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48585, longitude -0.09414, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newington, Southwark, SE17 3RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010306965
- Council area
- Southwark
- 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
- 215
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2009.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A215 in Southwark, 12 August 2009
6 m awayRef 200901MM70647
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A215 in Southwark, 16 March 2005
6 m awayRef 200501MM70318
Slight
Car crash on the A215 in Southwark, 17 June 1998
6 m awayRef 199801MS00232
Slight
Volvo crash on the A215 in Southwark, 12 June 2002
6 m awayRef 200201MM00704
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A215 in Southwark, 8 June 2017
8 m awayRef 2017010042568
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A215 in Southwark, 27 December 2004
8 m awayRef 200401MM70827
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- 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 2021010306965 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2021.