A602 crash in Stevenage on 7 December 2002 at 00:29 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno and a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 00:29 on Saturday 7 December 2002. The 27-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2002
- Saturday, 00:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Uno and Suzuki GSF 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90778, longitude -0.20841, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 1LZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20024100E0743
- Council area
- Stevenage
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 602
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 13 February 2004.
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 13 February 2004
At the same spotRef 20044100E0089
Serious
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 26 June 2009
At the same spotRef 20094100E0274
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 28 June 2018
9 m awayRef 2018410307098
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 16 December 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100E0236
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 20 January 1997
10 m awayRef 19974100E0019
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 17 October 2000
10 m awayRef 20004100E0223
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 600)
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 20024100E0743 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2002.