A21 crash in Lewisham on 20 December 2022 at 13:34 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 13:34 on Tuesday 20 December 2022. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2022
- Tuesday, 13:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44638, longitude -0.01922, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushey Green, Lewisham, SE6 2EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010417456
- Council area
- Lewisham
- 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
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 21
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1990.
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 7 November 1990
4 m awayRef 199001PD00643
Slight
Bus crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 21 January 1989
4 m awayRef 198901PD00050
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 8 October 2001
8 m awayRef 200101PL01072
Slight
Bus crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 25 January 2005
8 m awayRef 200501PL60147
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 30 March 2011
8 m awayRef 201101PL60164
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 17 August 2004
8 m awayRef 200401PL60440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2022010417456 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.