Police appeal as man dies in Mitcham motorcycle crash

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a fatal motorbike collision.

Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 10.56am today, Monday, February 12, to reports of a collision involving a motorcycle at Windmill Road, Mitcham.

Officers, paramedics and London’s Air Ambulance rushed to attend to the scene but the rider of the motorcycle – a man believed to be aged in his 30s – was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.29am.

Enquiries are underway to confirm the man’s identity and contact next of kin.

A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.

Enquiries continue to establish the circumstances of the collision.

Any witnesses, or anyone with information or footage, is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Chadwell Heath on 020 8597 4874 or via @MetCC