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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 16 September 1998 at 16:15 involving a Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 16:15 on Wednesday 16 September 1998. A 20-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF 600 R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77391, longitude -0.46754, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100D0410
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 600 R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 19984100D0410 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 1998.