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B4059 crash in South Gloucestershire on 18 March 1998 at 10:15 involving a Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle

A vehicle and a Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire at 10:15 on Wednesday 18 March 1998. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Kawasaki ZG1000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6325, longitude -2.43051, in the GL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520028479
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4059
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZG1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZG1000)

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 1998520028479 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.