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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM8 on 19 March 1997 at 16:05 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 16:05 on Wednesday 19 March 1997. The 23-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1997
Wednesday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80673, longitude 0.62558, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Witham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200A0193
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 19974200A0193 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 1997.