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Serious B2049 crash in Thanet on 6 January 2003 at 18:30 involving a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle

A Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle crashed on the B2049 in Thanet at 18:30 on Monday 6 January 2003. The 32-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 2003
Monday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XJ 600 N
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3697, longitude 1.34115, in the CT8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346TH69610
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2049
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2049

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJ 600 N

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)

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 200346TH69610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 2003.