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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 12 February 1995 at 20:45 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 20:45 on Sunday 12 February 1995. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 1995
Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91262, longitude -0.19327, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954100E0037
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 19954100E0037 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 1995.