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Serious A41 crash in Dacorum on 5 February 2004 at 15:45 involving a Honda VFR750F motorcycle

A Honda VFR750F motorcycle crashed on the A41 in Dacorum at 15:45 on Thursday 5 February 2004. The 60-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Feb 2004
Thursday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Honda VFR750F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74369, longitude -0.51287, in the HP1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaulden and Warners End, Dacorum, HP1 2BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100D0103
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR750F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR750F)

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 20044100D0103 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2004.