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B3121 crash in Runnymede on 7 December 1997 at 19:20 involving a Piaggio Sfera motorcycle

A Piaggio Sfera motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B3121 in Runnymede at 19:20 on Sunday 7 December 1997. The 17-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Sfera motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1997
Sunday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Sfera and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36578, longitude -0.51827, in the KT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745NA00570
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3121
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Sfera

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Sfera)

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 199745NA00570 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 1997.