A219 crash in Merton on 19 March 2022 at 22:54 involving a Honda NSC motorcycle
A Honda NSC motorcycle and a Nissan Leaf taxi were involved in a crash on the A219 in Merton at 22:54 on Saturday 19 March 2022. The 43-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC motorcycle and the 64-year-old male driver of the Nissan Leaf taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2022
- Saturday, 22:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NSC and Nissan Leaf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42151, longitude -0.20786, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wimbledon Town & Dundonald, Merton, SW19 3SF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010366361
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 219
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 235
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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 15 October 2022.
Slight
Bus crash on the A219 in Merton, 15 October 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010404886
Slight
Car crash on the A219 in Merton, 3 August 1988
3 m awayRef 198801VW00478
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A219 in Merton, 30 December 1993
3 m awayRef 199301ZM00856
Slight
Bus crash on the A219 in Merton, 23 October 1990
3 m awayRef 199001VW00850
Slight
Rover SD1 crash on the A219 in Merton, 16 July 1993
3 m awayRef 199301ZM00428
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A219 in Merton, 15 June 1992
3 m awayRef 199201ZM00416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NSC
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Leaf
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSC)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Leaf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022010366361 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2022.