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B5493 crash in North West Leicestershire on 20 September 1998 at 16:38 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle crashed on the B5493 in North West Leicestershire at 16:38 on Sunday 20 September 1998. The 32-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Sep 1998
Sunday, 16:38
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68882, longitude -1.5508, in the DE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339807043
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5493
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 1998339807043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1998.