Serious C road crash in Redbridge IG5 on 5 October 2021 at 19:30 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle crashed on a C road in Redbridge at 19:30 on Tuesday 5 October 2021. The 51-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened after dark on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Oct 2021
- Tuesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSX 1300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59172, longitude 0.05801, in the IG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayhall, Redbridge, IG5 0DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010336604
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Touran crash on a C road in Redbridge, 15 September 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010059234
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Redbridge, 1 September 2011
7 m awayRef 201101JI40570
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Redbridge, 7 June 2000
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Serious
Honda Jazz crash on a C road in Redbridge, 12 June 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010580162
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Redbridge, 15 July 2016
23 m awayRef 201601JI40423
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Redbridge, 16 October 2003
23 m awayRef 200301JI00774
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1300
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1300)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021010336604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2021.