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Serious A423 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 14 March 1998 at 11:30 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A423 in Stratford-on-Avon at 11:30 on Saturday 14 March 1998. The 34-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Mar 1998
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13595, longitude -1.36045, in the OX17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239800433
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
423
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 1998239800433 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 1998.