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Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 10 February 1998 at 07:45 involving a Suzuki GS 500 motorcycle

A Suzuki GS 500 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Coventry at 07:45 on Tuesday 10 February 1998. The 31-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Feb 1998
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GS 500
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43071, longitude -1.50357, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820M038201
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GS 500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    487 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GS 500)

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 199820M038201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Coventry road accident statistics for 1998.