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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM7 on 16 August 1992 at 17:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 17:00 on Sunday 16 August 1992. The 37-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and a 61-year-old male passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1992
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Saab 900
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91676, longitude 0.48701, in the CM7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200C0853
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    805 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 19924200C0853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1992.