B211 crash in Greenwich on 2 May 2024 at 12:00 involving a Yamaha GPD motorcycle
A Yamaha GPD motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B211 in Greenwich at 12:00 on Thursday 2 May 2024. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2024
- Thursday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha GPD and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47663, longitude 0.02228, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010508166
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 211
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B216 in Greenwich, 31 October 1983
5 m awayRef 1983010RD0682
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B211 in Greenwich, 25 November 2002
5 m awayRef 200201RG01025
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B211 in Greenwich, 4 April 2009
5 m awayRef 200901RG40163
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B211 in Greenwich, 6 February 1996
19 m awayRef 199601RG00063
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B216 in Greenwich, 22 October 1992
23 m awayRef 199201RG00610
Serious
Car crash on the B216 in Greenwich, 30 January 1984
27 m awayRef 198401RD00066
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha GPD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha GPD)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024010508166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2024.