Serious C road crash in Havering RM3 on 8 December 2021 at 22:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Yamaha GPD motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Havering at 22:25 on Wednesday 8 December 2021. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Dec 2021
- Wednesday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Yamaha GPD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59327, longitude 0.23267, in the RM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harold Wood, Havering, RM3 8PQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010348910
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 2004.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Havering, 18 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200401KD00466
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Havering, 23 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198701KD00456
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Havering, 15 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198701KD00417
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on a C road in Havering, 7 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010603804
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Havering, 30 May 1988
10 m awayRef 198801KD00506
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in Havering, 21 November 1992
10 m awayRef 199201KD00991
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD)
- 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 2021010348910 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2021.