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Serious unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR9 on 5 February 2000 at 01:10 involving a Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 01:10 on Saturday 5 February 2000. The 17-year-old male rider and a 16-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Feb 2000
Saturday, 01:10
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki KMX125
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91065, longitude -2.57609, in the HR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ross-on-Wye.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200022EC12544
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KMX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KMX125)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KMX125)

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 200022EC12544 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Herefordshire road accident statistics for 2000.