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B4040 crash in South Gloucestershire on 12 October 1992 at 09:30 involving a BMW R 80 RT motorcycle

A BMW R 80 RT motorcycle crashed on the B4040 in South Gloucestershire at 09:30 on Monday 12 October 1992. The 42-year-old male rider was 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 Oct 1992
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
BMW R 80 RT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52663, longitude -2.30122, in the GL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19925292E2525
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4040
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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 80 RT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT)

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 19925292E2525 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1992.