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A21 crash in Lewisham on 20 May 2025 at 12:51 involving a Yamaha X motorcycle

A Yamaha X motorcycle and a Volkswagen ID4 were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 12:51 on Tuesday 20 May 2025. The 34-year-old male rider of the Yamaha X motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2025
Tuesday, 12:51
Vehicles
2
Yamaha X and Volkswagen ID4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4583, longitude -0.01276, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewisham Central, Lewisham, SE13 7NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010576391
Council area
Lewisham
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
21
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
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 18 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha X

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen ID4

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha X)

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 2025010576391 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2025.