Serious B181 crash in East Hertfordshire on 25 May 2007 at 07:20 involving a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire at 07:20 on Friday 25 May 2007. The 43-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 May 2007
- Friday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki GSX 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78863, longitude 0.00857, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stanstead Abbotts. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Amwell & Stansteads, East Hertfordshire, SG12 8JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20074100A0368
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 181
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 181
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2016.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 22 August 2016
3 m awayRef 2016410109570
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 7 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016410084491
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 16 August 2007
10 m awayRef 20074100A0589
Slight
Leyland crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 5 November 1992
14 m awayRef 19924100A0442
Serious
Honda CBR125R crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 7 September 2014
14 m awayRef 20144100A0567
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B181 in East Hertfordshire, 29 September 1997
20 m awayRef 19974100A0440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 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 20074100A0368 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2007.