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Serious A23 crash in Lambeth on 25 January 2022 at 17:00 involving a Yamaha YP motorcycle

A Yamaha YP motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A23 in Lambeth at 17:00 on Tuesday 25 January 2022. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jan 2022
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YP
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43112, longitude -0.12935, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010356735
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YP

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2022010356735 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 2022.