A21 crash in Lewisham on 5 October 2023 at 09:40 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a Renault Kangoo were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 09:40 on Thursday 5 October 2023. The 48-year-old female rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2023
- Thursday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45541, longitude -0.01525, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010470141
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2019.
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 1 June 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010184456
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 28 December 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010352110
Slight
Proton Torch crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 15 February 1991
6 m awayRef 199101PL00109
Serious
Car crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 20 November 1989
7 m awayRef 198901PL00618
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 2 February 1990
7 m awayRef 199001PL00050
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A21 in Lewisham, 30 January 2017
7 m awayRef 2017010015156
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 48, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023010470141 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 2023.