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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP1 on 8 May 2002 at 20:55 involving a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 20:55 on Wednesday 8 May 2002. The 36-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 2002
Wednesday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX900 and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7544, longitude -0.49238, in the HP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaulden and Warners End, Dacorum, HP1 3RA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024100D0147
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX900)

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 20024100D0147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2002.