B266 crash in Croydon on 22 December 2023 at 15:54 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2023
- Friday, 15:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39694, longitude -0.10488, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010486166
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 266
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2023.
Slight
Yamaha X crash on the B266 in Croydon, 14 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010478154
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Croydon, 16 November 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010410931
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the B266 in Croydon, 8 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010476910
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the B266 in Croydon, 5 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010476481
Slight
Honda NSS crash on the B266 in Croydon, 2 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010476231
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the B266 in Croydon, 19 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010576353
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023010486166 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.