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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 17 August 1997 at 19:05 involving a Honda SH50K motorcycle

A Honda SH50K motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 19:05 on Sunday 17 August 1997. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1997
Sunday, 19:05
Vehicles
1
Honda SH50K
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75263, longitude -0.44943, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100D0365
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SH50K

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SH50K)

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 19974100D0365 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1997.