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Serious A355 crash in Buckinghamshire on 27 September 2002 at 16:00 involving a Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle

A Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A355 in Buckinghamshire at 16:00 on Friday 27 September 2002. The 52-year-old male rider of the Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 2002
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Sprint ST and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66533, longitude -0.61232, in the HP7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Amersham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Amersham & Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0EZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200243N309092
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
355
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
355

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Sprint ST

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    955 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Sprint ST)

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 200243N309092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Buckinghamshire road accident statistics for 2002.