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Serious A403 crash in South Gloucestershire on 15 February 1998 at 15:01 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire at 15:01 on Sunday 15 February 1998. A 26-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle and the 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1998
Sunday, 15:01
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57813, longitude -2.64112, in the BS35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520017540
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
403
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4055

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 3 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1998520017540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1998.