C road crash in Croydon CR2 on 23 September 2021 at 13:21 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on a C road in Croydon at 13:21 on Thursday 23 September 2021. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2021
- Thursday, 13:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36226, longitude -0.09234, in the CR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Croydon, Croydon, CR0 1EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010332986
- 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
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 243
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2022.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B243 in Croydon, 22 November 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010412024
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on a C road in Croydon, 1 November 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010475533
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B243 in Croydon, 12 April 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010569291
Slight
Car crash on the B243 in Croydon, 20 November 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010ZD0918
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B243 in Croydon, 14 April 2001
4 m awayRef 200101ZD00419
Slight
Van crash on the B243 in Croydon, 4 February 1988
4 m awayRef 198801ZD00078
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021010332986 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 2021.