Serious A2 crash in Lewisham on 30 October 2022 at 12:12 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle, a Ford Tourneo and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 12:12 on Sunday 30 October 2022. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Oct 2022
- Sunday, 12:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda WW125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47184, longitude -0.00073, in the SE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE3 0RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010407385
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 18 October 1985
5 m awayRef 198501RD00667
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 11 June 2003
5 m awayRef 200301RG00410
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 3 May 1994
5 m awayRef 199401PL00243
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 19 January 1988
5 m awayRef 198801RD00042
Slight
Kawasaki EX250 crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 8 October 1992
5 m awayRef 199201PL00581
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 25 February 1988
5 m awayRef 198801PD00114
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Tourneo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010407385 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.