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A23 crash in Croydon on 8 September 2023 at 19:00 involving a Honda SH 125 motorcycle

A Honda SH 125 motorcycle and a Mini Countryman were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 19:00 on Friday 8 September 2023. The male rider of the Honda SH 125 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
8 Sep 2023
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Honda SH 125 and Mini Countryman
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40192, longitude -0.11867, in the CR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bensham Manor, Croydon, CR7 7LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010465243
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
23
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SH 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Countryman

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

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

    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 2023010465243 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 2023.