Serious B2175 crash in Gravesham on 20 January 2023 at 16:21 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle
A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle and a Tesla Model 3 were involved in a crash on the B2175 in Gravesham at 16:21 on Friday 20 January 2023. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jan 2023
- Friday, 16:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda GLR 125 and Tesla Model 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44214, longitude 0.34487, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coldharbour & Perry Street, Gravesham, DA11 8DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461277408
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2175
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 22 May 2000
14 m awayRef 200046NK25288
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2175 in Gravesham, 11 June 2014
41 m awayRef 2014460242981
Fatal
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B2175 in Gravesham, 24 January 2009
41 m awayRef 2009460167916
Slight
Car crash on the B2175 in Gravesham, 8 July 2015
42 m awayRef 2015460258863
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 13 February 2001
42 m awayRef 200146NK37546
Slight
Car crash on the B2175 in Gravesham, 2 April 2012
50 m awayRef 2012460212202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Tesla Model 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023461277408 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gravesham road accident statistics for 2023.