From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
The following comes from the Met Police. Do contact them if you have any information.
Police are appealing for witnesses or information to a collision in which a 42 year old man died.
It happened on Monday 2 November, around 05.30 hrs, on Lee High Road at the junction with Brightfield Road, Lee.
A motorcycle rider was in collision with bollards at the side of the road. At this stage it is not known if there were any other vehicles involved.
The 42 year old rider was taken to University Hospital Lewisham but sadly died at 6.40 hrs. We believe we know the identity of the dead man but formal identification is awaited.
An inquest will take place at Ladywell Mortuary on Thursday 5 November. Inquest details are awaited.
The incident is being investigated by the Collision Investigation Unit based at Catford Traffic Garage.
DI Mark Cam said: “Even though it was early in the morning, the collision occurred on a busy main road and not far from the junction with Burnt Ash Road, another main route through south east London.
“I would like to hear from anyone who saw anything of the incident or may have seen the motorbike beforehand. The motorbike is described as a BMW GS 1200 model and it is grey and black.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call 020 8285 1574, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to remain anonymous.
This is the reason lots of buses weren’t running along lee high road this morning then…quite sad really. Hope we find out more info.
I would like to point out that there is a gulley/drain in the middle of the road on that bend that has caught me out once or twice before, you only have to look on google maps. I suspect that if it was damp the front wheel would have gone from underneath him. Someone should notify TFL of this issue and the crash investigation team.
I live on Brightfield Road. I heard a crash in the early hours but didn’t see anything, I thought it was just another crash. I went back to bed and woke the next morning to find my road had been blocked off and police everywhere. No one would tell me what was going on. If I knew it was serious I would have called the police when I heard it happen.
It is the 3rd crash along that road in about 6 months. It is a blind bend and if you go round too quick you could be caught out.