A118 crash in Newham on 30 December 2023 at 21:35 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A118 in Newham at 21:35 on Saturday 30 December 2023. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2023
- Saturday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54715, longitude 0.03289, in the E7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Green Street West, Newham, E7 8BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010486751
- Council area
- Newham
- 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
- 118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 1998.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A118 in Newham, 15 May 1998
4 m awayRef 199801KF00228
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A118 in Newham, 11 June 1990
4 m awayRef 199001KW00337
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A118 in Newham, 20 September 1987
4 m awayRef 198701KW00481
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A118 in Newham, 29 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200301KO00332
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A118 in Newham, 29 July 2007
4 m awayRef 200701KF65403
Serious
Datsun Bluebird crash on the A118 in Newham, 11 January 1992
4 m awayRef 199201KW00016
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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- 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 2023010486751 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2023.