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Serious A604 crash in Braintree on 9 May 1994 at 20:50 involving a Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the A604 in Braintree at 20:50 on Monday 9 May 1994. The 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KH100 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 May 1994
Monday, 20:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KH100 and Austin Morris Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92803, longitude 0.69797, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Earls Colne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200A0072
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KH100

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KH100)

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 19944200A0072 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 1994.