A123 crash in Redbridge on 22 October 2023 at 15:30 involving a Suzuki GSXR motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR motorcycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A123 in Redbridge at 15:30 on Sunday 22 October 2023. The 39-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2023
- Sunday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54442, longitude 0.07768, in the IG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loxford, Redbridge, IG1 2JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010473473
- Council area
- Redbridge
- 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
- 123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2025.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A123 in Redbridge, 31 December 2025
At the same spotRef 2025010618140
Slight
Car crash on the A123 in Barking and Dagenham, 29 January 1993
1 m awayRef 199301JI00042
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the A123 in Redbridge, 9 August 2002
1 m awayRef 200201JI00685
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A123 in Redbridge, 15 April 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010569682
Slight
Car crash on the A123 in Barking and Dagenham, 5 November 1985
9 m awayRef 198501KG00719
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A123 in Redbridge, 18 May 2004
11 m awayRef 200401JI00604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023010473473 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2023.