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B272 crash in Merton on 17 December 2022 at 19:55 involving a Honda SH 125 motorcycle

A Honda SH 125 motorcycle and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B272 in Merton at 19:55 on Saturday 17 December 2022. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda SH 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2022
Saturday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Honda SH 125 and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41054, longitude -0.14097, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longthornton, Merton, CR4 1ET area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010417282
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
272
Speed limit
20 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
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SH 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SH 125)

    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 2022010417282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2022.