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Serious A607 crash in North Kesteven on 4 December 1997 at 17:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A607 in North Kesteven at 17:06 on Thursday 4 December 1997. An 88-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1997
Thursday, 17:06
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19553, longitude -0.53155, in the LN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bracebridge Heath.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732D009847
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
607
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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199732D009847 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1997.