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Fatal A44 crash in Herefordshire on 14 June 1998 at 09:50 involving a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle and a Honda Concerto were involved in a crash on the A44 in Herefordshire at 09:50 on Sunday 14 June 1998. The 26-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle was killed and the 33-year-old female driver of the Honda Concerto was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Jun 1998
Sunday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1000 and Honda Concerto
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18543, longitude -2.47912, in the HR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822EJ02010
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
B
Second road number
4220

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Concerto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Concerto)

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 199822EJ02010 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.