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A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 21 September 2005 at 12:45 involving a Suzuki GS 500 motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki GS 500 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 12:45 on Wednesday 21 September 2005. The 38-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GS 500 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2005
Wednesday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki GS 500
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28859, longitude 0.21973, in the TN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seal. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seal and Weald, Sevenoaks, TN15 0BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460115911
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
25
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GS 500

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    487 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GS 500)

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 2005460115911 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2005.