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Fatal unclassified road crash in Woking GU21 on 21 December 2002 at 02:15 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Woking at 02:15 on Saturday 21 December 2002. The 22-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Dec 2002
Saturday, 02:15
Vehicles
1
Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32782, longitude -0.53599, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horsell, Woking, GU21 5FS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200245SR31572
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 200245SR31572 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Woking road accident statistics for 2002.