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Serious A126 crash in Thurrock on 12 April 2003 at 16:40 involving a Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A126 in Thurrock at 16:40 on Saturday 12 April 2003. The 28-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Apr 2003
Saturday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX400 and Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47676, longitude 0.34277, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Thurrock Rectory, Thurrock, RM17 6UD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200F0159
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
126
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX400

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX400)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

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 20034200F0159 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2003.