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C road crash in Plymouth PL1 on 8 May 1997 at 09:00 involving a Kawasaki ZR550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR550 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 09:00 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 53-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR550 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZR550 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36802, longitude -4.153, in the PL1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750E311112
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR550)

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 199750E311112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Plymouth road accident statistics for 1997.