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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO5 on 13 May 1990 at 11:24 involving a Honda MBX80FWD motorcycle

A Honda MBX80FWD motorcycle and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 11:24 on Sunday 13 May 1990. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda MBX80FWD motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 1990
Sunday, 11:24
Vehicles
2
Honda MBX80FWD and Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81862, longitude 0.74657, in the CO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiptree.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200E0492
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda MBX80FWD

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    79 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,293 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda MBX80FWD)

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 19904200E0492 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1990.