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Unclassified road crash in Swale ME10 on 20 February 2005 at 13:00 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Swale at 13:00 on Sunday 20 February 2005. The 21-year-old male rider and a 22-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 2005
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSF 600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34031, longitude 0.76831, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Downs, Swale, ME9 9BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460106781
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
36%
Estimated chance it was slight
64%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)

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 2005460106781 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2005.