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Serious unclassified road crash in Swindon SN2 on 18 July 2000 at 16:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Swindon at 16:20 on Tuesday 18 July 2000. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 2000
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57949, longitude -1.8024, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200054DN40500
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 200054DN40500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 2000.