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Fatal A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 24 December 1998 at 13:25 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 13:25 on Thursday 24 December 1998. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 27-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Dec 1998
Thursday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94887, longitude -1.02378, in the NG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Radcliffe on Trent.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317D42824
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1998317D42824 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 1998.