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Serious B1368 crash in East Hertfordshire on 15 May 2001 at 16:20 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Lexus LS400 were involved in a crash on the B1368 in East Hertfordshire at 16:20 on Tuesday 15 May 2001. The 68-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle 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
15 May 2001
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Honda and Lexus LS400
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9474, longitude 0.02133, in the SG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014100A0474
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1368
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 slight injury crash on 16 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    174 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lexus LS400

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    3,969 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 20014100A0474 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2001.