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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO4 on 29 December 2007 at 22:40 involving a Honda SGX50 motorcycle

A Honda SGX50 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Colchester at 22:40 on Saturday 29 December 2007. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2007
Saturday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Honda SGX50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89567, longitude 0.92488, in the CO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Anne's and St John's, Colchester, CO4 3HQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I533812
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
35%
Estimated chance it was slight
65%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SGX50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SGX50)

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 200742I533812 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2007.