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B478 crash in Wokingham on 5 March 2002 at 08:05 involving a BMW F 650 GS motorcycle

A BMW F 650 GS motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B478 in Wokingham at 08:05 on Tuesday 5 March 2002. The 53-year-old male rider of the BMW F 650 GS motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
BMW F 650 GS and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47425, longitude -0.91086, in the RG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sonning.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200243W119032
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
478
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW F 650 GS

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    652 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW F 650 GS)

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 200243W119032 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 2002.