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Serious B1049 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 17 August 2003 at 13:40 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1049 in South Cambridgeshire at 13:40 on Sunday 17 August 2003. The 17-year-old female rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was seriously injured and the 17-year-old female rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Aug 2003
Sunday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Yamaha DT 125 R
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23452, longitude 0.11329, in the CB4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Histon & Impington, South Cambridgeshire, CB4 2GS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003350423803
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1049
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
14

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

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 2003350423803 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2003.