Serious A215 crash in Croydon on 20 November 2022 at 14:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda SH 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A215 in Croydon at 14:40 on Sunday 20 November 2022. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda SH 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Nov 2022
- Sunday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda SH 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39947, longitude -0.07456, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodside, Croydon, SE25 5JN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010411704
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 215
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 213
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2024.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A213 in Croydon, 23 May 2024
1 m awayRef 2024010511950
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A215 in Croydon, 6 October 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010403202
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A213 in Croydon, 6 August 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010392561
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A213 in Croydon, 5 December 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010547731
Serious
Car crash on the A215 in Croydon, 29 August 1986
4 m awayRef 198601ZN00627
Slight
Lorry crash on the A215 in Croydon, 6 March 1985
4 m awayRef 198501ZN00143
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SH 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH 125)
- 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 2022010411704 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.