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Fatal A38 crash in Stroud on 21 November 2001 at 18:57 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Stroud at 18:57 on Wednesday 21 November 2001. The 44-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Nov 2001
Wednesday, 18:57
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Kawasaki ER500
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75323, longitude -2.34229, in the GL10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001530AI4071
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ER500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ER500)

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 2001530AI4071 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 2001.