Serious A2198 crash in Southwark on 2 November 2022 at 17:50 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a Honda Anc motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2198 in Southwark at 17:50 on Wednesday 2 November 2022. The 35-year-old male rider of the Honda Anc motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 2022
- Wednesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and Honda Anc
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49789, longitude -0.08154, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the London Bridge & West Bermondsey, Southwark, SE1 3HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010408036
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2205
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2022.
Slight
LEVC TX crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 26 March 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010367688
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A2205 in Southwark, 19 June 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010451706
Slight
Piaggio Liberty crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 27 August 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010265285
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 14 October 1996
5 m awayRef 199601MD00456
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2198 in Southwark, 4 September 1995
5 m awayRef 199501MD00450
Slight
Car crash on the A2205 in Southwark, 2 March 1989
5 m awayRef 198901MD00122
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda Anc
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda Anc)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022010408036 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2022.