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Serious A414 crash in Chelmsford on 6 October 2003 at 09:00 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on the A414 in Chelmsford at 09:00 on Monday 6 October 2003. The 36-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Oct 2003
Monday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69552, longitude 0.42497, in the CM4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting, Chelmsford, CM4 0HD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200C0604
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
414
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
12

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 5 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), 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 20034200C0604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chelmsford road accident statistics for 2003.