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Serious A215 crash in Croydon on 5 November 2022 at 15:00 involving a Yamaha YS motorcycle

A Yamaha YS motorcycle and a Peugeot 5008 were involved in a crash on the A215 in Croydon at 15:00 on Saturday 5 November 2022. The 44-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YS motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 2022
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YS and Peugeot 5008
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41229, longitude -0.08834, in the SE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19 2UP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010408649
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
215
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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 6 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YS

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 5008

    Car

    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YS)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022010408649 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2022.