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Serious B1022 crash in Chelmsford on 31 March 1998 at 20:00 involving a Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle

A motorcycle and a Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1022 in Chelmsford at 20:00 on Tuesday 31 March 1998. The 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Kawasaki Z750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7942, longitude 0.71797, in the CO5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200C0207
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1022
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki Z750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki Z750)

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 19984200C0207 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chelmsford road accident statistics for 1998.