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A120 crash in Braintree on 24 September 2004 at 09:45 involving a Honda SA50J motorcycle

A Honda SA50J motorcycle crashed on the A120 in Braintree at 09:45 on Friday 24 September 2004. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 2004
Friday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Honda SA50J
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8807, longitude 0.58459, in the CM77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braintree. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bocking Blackwater, Braintree, CM77 8AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044200A0605
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SA50J

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SA50J)

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 20044200A0605 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2004.