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Serious unclassified road crash in Colchester CO4 on 17 May 1995 at 08:15 involving a Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle

A bicycle and a Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 08:15 on Wednesday 17 May 1995. The 36-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 20-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1995
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Kawasaki EX250
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91484, longitude 0.92594, in the CO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200E0219
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki EX250

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki EX250)

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 19954200E0219 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1995.