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Serious C road crash in Three Rivers WD25 on 21 December 2004 at 12:55 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle, an Optare Metrorider bus and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on a C road in Three Rivers at 12:55 on Tuesday 21 December 2004. The 40-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2004
Tuesday, 12:55
Vehicles
3
Kawasaki ZX600 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69576, longitude -0.41649, in the WD25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leavesden, Three Rivers, WD5 0XB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100C1597
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 20044100C1597 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2004.