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Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire LU5 on 8 June 2001 at 21:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 21:00 on Friday 8 June 2001. The male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 2001
Friday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX550
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90006, longitude -0.50568, in the LU5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Houghton Regis West, Central Bedfordshire, LU5 5DY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001400D01922
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX550

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX550)

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 2001400D01922 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 2001.