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Fatal A50 crash in South Derbyshire on 6 June 2004 at 13:00 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle crashed on the A50 in South Derbyshire at 13:00 on Sunday 6 June 2004. The 33-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Jun 2004
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSX 1300
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88496, longitude -1.73573, in the DE6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Doveridge & Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, DE6 5AG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200430D000530
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1300

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1300)

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 200430D000530 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2004.