Fatal A1 crash in Rutland on 30 June 2007 at 03:16 involving a Honda CB500S motorcycle
A taxi, a Honda CB500S motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1 in Rutland at 03:16 on Saturday 30 June 2007. The 55-year-old male rider of the Honda CB500S motorcycle was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 30 Jun 2007
- Saturday, 03:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda CB500S and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67913, longitude -0.54062, in the PE9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007330704397
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 2017.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Rutland, 9 June 2017
23 m awayRef 2017331700710
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Rutland, 22 August 2016
28 m awayRef 2016331601459
Slight
BMW 6 Series crash on the A1 in Rutland, 10 May 2006
40 m awayRef 2006330603478
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Rutland, 6 July 1980
42 m awayRef 19803380E0537
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A1 in Rutland, 17 May 1999
63 m awayRef 1999339903758
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Rutland, 5 June 1981
81 m awayRef 19813381E0416
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CB500S
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB500S)
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 2007330704397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rutland road accident statistics for 2007.