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Serious unclassified road crash in Tendring CO16 on 19 September 1997 at 09:50 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 09:50 on Friday 19 September 1997. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 1997
Friday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79645, longitude 1.12627, in the CO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clacton-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200D0384
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

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
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 slight injury crash on 17 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19974200D0384 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1997.