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Serious C road crash in Tewkesbury GL3 on 8 July 2006 at 14:34 involving a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on a C road in Tewkesbury at 14:34 on Saturday 8 July 2006. The 46-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 2006
Saturday, 14:34
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1000 and Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83332, longitude -2.12623, in the GL3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tewkesbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006530187614
Council area
Tewkesbury
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

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 2006530187614 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tewkesbury road accident statistics for 2006.