Fatal B1051 crash in Uttlesford on 4 June 2006 at 04:30 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle crashed on the B1051 in Uttlesford at 04:30 on Sunday 4 June 2006. The 22-year-old male rider was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 4 Jun 2006
- Sunday, 04:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSXR 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94178, longitude 0.32983, in the CM6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200642A027406
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1051
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2006.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 3 August 2006
10 m awayRef 200642I299408
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 31 March 1993
20 m awayRef 19934200G0172
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 11 January 2000
22 m awayRef 20004200A0017
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 18 July 1997
22 m awayRef 19974200A0454
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 4 December 2013
39 m awayRef 201342I398312
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 24 December 2005
110 m awayRef 200542A074612
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 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 200642A027406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Uttlesford road accident statistics for 2006.