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B4006 crash in Swindon on 2 November 2001 at 14:26 involving a Sym Jet motorcycle

A Sym Jet motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B4006 in Swindon at 14:26 on Friday 2 November 2001. The 44-year-old male rider and an 11-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2001
Friday, 14:26
Vehicles
1
Sym Jet
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56659, longitude -1.73854, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Covingham & Nythe, Swindon, SN3 5AZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154DS65901
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Jet

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200154DS65901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 2001.