A20 crash in Lewisham on 18 May 2022 at 15:56 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Kawasaki ZR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Lewisham at 15:56 on Wednesday 18 May 2022. The 28-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2022
- Wednesday, 15:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Kawasaki ZR
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46814, longitude -0.0245, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockley, Lewisham, SE4 1NX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010377161
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2022.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 10 May 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010375961
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 19 July 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010204290
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 29 January 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010491736
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 20 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010355814
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 11 July 2001
6 m awayRef 200101PL00737
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 1 November 2001
6 m awayRef 200101PL01170
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZR)
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 2022010377161 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.