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C road crash in Hackney EC2A on 31 October 2025 at 08:00 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a Vauxhall Movano were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 08:00 on Friday 31 October 2025. The 45-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 2025
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and Vauxhall Movano
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52198, longitude -0.08159, in the EC2A postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010607638
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
C
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Second road class
C

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,179 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025010607638 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2025.