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Serious A361 crash in Wiltshire on 14 February 2001 at 00:50 involving a Honda motorcycle

A lorry and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A361 in Wiltshire at 00:50 on Wednesday 14 February 2001. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 2001
Wednesday, 00:50
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36106, longitude -1.97584, in the SN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Devizes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Urchfont & Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, SN10 2EZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154AZ07901
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 200154AZ07901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2001.