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A62 crash in Kirklees on 23 March 1993 at 12:54 involving a Honda MTX125RW motorcycle

A Honda MTX125RW motorcycle crashed on the A62 in Kirklees at 12:54 on Tuesday 23 March 1993. The 21-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 1993
Tuesday, 12:54
Vehicles
1
Honda MTX125RW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64301, longitude -1.78063, in the HD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huddersfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199313EA16993
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda MTX125RW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda MTX125RW)

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 199313EA16993 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1993.