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A235 crash in Croydon on 21 December 2023 at 14:00 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle

A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A235 in Croydon at 14:00 on Thursday 21 December 2023. The 21-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a road with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2023
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Yamaha GPD and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38808, longitude -0.11141, in the CR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Thornton, Croydon, CR0 3QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010486589
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
235
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

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 5 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 2023010486589 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.