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Serious unclassified road crash in Maldon CM9 on 3 August 2000 at 23:45 involving a Kawasaki KDX125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KDX125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Maldon at 23:45 on Thursday 3 August 2000. The 17-year-old male rider and a 26-year-old male pedestrian 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
3 Aug 2000
Thursday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki KDX125
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73461, longitude 0.67894, in the CM9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maldon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200C0538
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KDX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KDX125)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KDX125)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 20004200C0538 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 2000.