Unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE4 on 5 December 2023 at 19:01 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a Mercedes GLB Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 19:01 on Tuesday 5 December 2023. The 30-year-old rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a road with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2023
- Tuesday, 19:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and Mercedes GLB Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46158, longitude -0.03655, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockley, Lewisham, SE4 1NX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010482802
- 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
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
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 1 August 2025.
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 1 August 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010590302
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 16 March 1982
8 m awayRef 1982010PL0123
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 9 October 2000
8 m awayRef 200001PL01030
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 29 January 1990
8 m awayRef 199001PL00042
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 22 March 1991
8 m awayRef 199101PL00183
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 18 January 1994
12 m awayRef 199401PL00035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes GLB Class
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightAged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023010482802 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.