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Fatal A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 28 August 2001 at 10:37 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 10:37 on Tuesday 28 August 2001. The 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was killed and the 60-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Aug 2001
Tuesday, 10:37
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX750 and Nissan Almera
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92334, longitude -0.60758, in the LU7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001400D02775
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4012
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 11 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2001400D02775 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.