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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN5 on 12 June 1990 at 17:20 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swindon at 17:20 on Tuesday 12 June 1990. A 57-year-old female pedestrian and the 24-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jun 1990
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX500
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55655, longitude -1.82542, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199054DN01270
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 slight injury crash on 23 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

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 199054DN01270 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1990.