A406 crash in Newham on 23 April 2022 at 18:33 involving a Piaggio Liberty motorcycle
A Piaggio Liberty motorcycle, a Skoda Superb and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 18:33 on Saturday 23 April 2022. The 53-year-old male driver of the Skoda Superb and the 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2022
- Saturday, 18:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Piaggio Liberty and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53587, longitude 0.06971, in the IG11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010372421
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2005.
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A406 in Newham, 25 July 2005
7 m awayRef 200501KG70335
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Newham, 7 July 2008
7 m awayRef 200801KF73722
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A406 in Barking and Dagenham, 27 October 2000
7 m awayRef 200001KG00732
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 14 January 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010230256
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 4 December 2019
12 m awayRef 2019010222961
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 24 November 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010611468
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Liberty
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022010372421 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2022.