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Serious A15 crash in Peterborough on 23 December 2002 at 13:00 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle crashed on the A15 in Peterborough at 13:00 on Monday 23 December 2002. The 32-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 61-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 2002
Monday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha R6
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55021, longitude -0.24917, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hargate and Hempsted, Peterborough, PE7 0LY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002350686502
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Mud
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

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 2002350686502 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 2002.