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Serious unclassified road crash in Croydon SW16 on 10 September 2025 at 15:15 involving a Vmoto Cpa electric motorcycle

A Vmoto Cpa electric motorcycle and a BMW 4 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Croydon at 15:15 on Wednesday 10 September 2025. The 37-year-old male rider of the Vmoto Cpa electric motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Sep 2025
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Vmoto Cpa and BMW 4 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40516, longitude -0.12921, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pollards Hill, Merton, CR4 1XJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010596741
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vmoto Cpa

    Electric motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 4 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, e-scooter or powered transporter user, on vehicle 1 (Vmoto Cpa)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025010596741 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 2025.