Serious B1256 crash in Braintree on 5 October 2007 at 08:55 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle and a Vauxhall Tigra were involved in a crash on the B1256 in Braintree at 08:55 on Friday 5 October 2007. The 16-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Oct 2007
- Friday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda and Vauxhall Tigra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87907, longitude 0.54803, in the CM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braintree. It is one of the crashes that make up the Braintree Central & Beckers Green, Braintree, CM7 3HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Braintree
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200742I405210
- Council area
- Braintree
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1256
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1256 in Braintree, 27 May 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200A0345
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the B1256 in Braintree, 13 December 2025
14 m awayRef 2025421682583
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B1256 in Braintree, 30 October 1991
20 m awayRef 19914200C1136
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1256 in Braintree, 22 January 2010
20 m awayRef 201042I011901
Slight
Van crash on the B1256 in Braintree, 28 January 2004
22 m awayRef 20044200A0083
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Braintree, 15 April 2020
26 m awayRef 2020420946114
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 200742I405210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2007.