A13 crash in Castle Point on 2 May 2005 at 18:50 involving a Rover 600 Series
A motorcycle and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 18:50 on Monday 2 May 2005. The 40-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2005
- Monday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Rover 600 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56731, longitude 0.55032, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tarpots, Castle Point, SS7 5TU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200542J015805
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1006
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2011.
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Ford KA crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 1 September 2011
At the same spotRef 201142I277509
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Volvo 940 crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 24 January 2006
At the same spotRef 200642J003201
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Peugeot 106 crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 6 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200842I327309
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Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 20 July 1993
At the same spotRef 19934200B0498
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 7 April 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200J0139
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 19 June 2003
At the same spotRef 20034200J0241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200542J015805 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2005.