A1073 crash in Peterborough on 21 March 2005 at 11:51 involving an MBK Nitro motorcycle
An MBK Nitro motorcycle crashed on the A1073 in Peterborough at 11:51 on Monday 21 March 2005. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2005
- Monday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 1
- MBK Nitro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63505, longitude -0.18121, in the PE6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eye, Thorney and Newborough, Peterborough, PE6 7RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005350140105
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1995.
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 2 September 1995
10 m awayRef 1995350391095
Serious
Car crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 25 August 1983
20 m awayRef 1983351216683
Slight
Car crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 28 December 1998
20 m awayRef 1998350657998
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 8 December 2003
20 m awayRef 2003350679003
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 8 January 2005
22 m awayRef 2005350009105
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A1073 in Peterborough, 9 May 2010
30 m awayRef 2010351082410
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MBK Nitro
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (MBK Nitro)
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 2005350140105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 2005.