A21 crash in Lewisham on 5 February 2022 at 02:00 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 02:00 on Saturday 5 February 2022. The 36-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2022
- Saturday, 02:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45716, longitude -0.01366, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010359596
- Council area
- Lewisham
- 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
- 21
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2025.
Slight
Wrightbus Streetdeck crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 24 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010599553
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 17 April 2011
2 m awayRef 201101PL60206
Slight
Dennis crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 11 June 2005
2 m awayRef 200501PL60514
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 11 January 1985
2 m awayRef 198501PL00008
Slight
Bus crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 28 October 1987
2 m awayRef 198701PL00507
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 18 June 2005
2 m awayRef 200501PL60563
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,790 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022010359596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2022.