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Serious A13 crash in Basildon on 1 April 2004 at 17:46 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A13 in Basildon at 17:46 on Thursday 1 April 2004. The 49-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Apr 2004
Thursday, 17:46
Vehicles
2
Honda VFR800F and Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56307, longitude 0.50506, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pitsea South East, Basildon, SS13 3BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044200B0159
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
132

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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 slight injury crash on 21 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    782 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

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 20044200B0159 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2004.