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A1072 crash in Stevenage on 16 August 2006 at 10:52 involving a Yamaha YP 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YP 125 R motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A1072 in Stevenage at 10:52 on Wednesday 16 August 2006. The 19-year-old male rider and a 32-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 2006
Wednesday, 10:52
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YP 125 R
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92024, longitude -0.18247, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Martins Wood, Stevenage, SG1 5NR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20064100E0391
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YP 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP 125 R)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP 125 R)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 20064100E0391 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2006.