Serious A200 crash in Southwark on 9 August 2023 at 15:33 involving a Ford Transit
A Ford Transit and a Honda NSC motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A200 in Southwark at 15:33 on Wednesday 9 August 2023. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Aug 2023
- Wednesday, 15:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Honda NSC
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50055, longitude -0.07434, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Bermondsey, Southwark, SE1 2LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southwark
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010459764
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 200
- 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
- 200
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 1982.
Serious
Bus crash on the A200 in Southwark, 16 January 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010MD0096
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A200 in Southwark, 26 September 2006
4 m awayRef 200601MM70876
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A200 in Southwark, 13 November 1985
4 m awayRef 198501MD00577
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A200 in Southwark, 21 May 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010248482
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A200 in Southwark, 22 June 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010384047
Serious
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A200 in Southwark, 30 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010601002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSC
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSC)
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 2023010459764 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 2023.