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Serious B4347 crash in Herefordshire on 26 July 1998 at 11:20 involving a Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle crashed on the B4347 in Herefordshire at 11:20 on Sunday 26 July 1998. The 50-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1998
Sunday, 11:20
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF 600 R
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93164, longitude -2.86853, in the HR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822EA02554
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4347
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 389 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 600 R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 600 R)

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 199822EA02554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Herefordshire road accident statistics for 1998.