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A1232 crash in Colchester on 3 March 1998 at 12:51 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405, a Suzuki motorcycle and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1232 in Colchester at 12:51 on Tuesday 3 March 1998. The 26-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and the 19-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 12:51
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 405 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92226, longitude 0.93529, in the CO4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200E0091
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1232
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
120

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Honda)

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 19984200E0091 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1998.