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B197 crash in Stevenage on 4 May 1994 at 19:48 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen and a Honda CBX550F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B197 in Stevenage at 19:48 on Wednesday 4 May 1994. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBX550F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1994
Wednesday, 19:48
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen and Honda CBX550F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88511, longitude -0.19336, in the SG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944100E1078
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
197
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 13 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBX550F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    572 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBX550F)

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 19944100E1078 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1994.