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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CO9 on 31 December 2007 at 17:50 involving a Honda X8R motorcycle

A Honda X8R motorcycle and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 17:50 on Monday 31 December 2007. A 17-year-old female passenger on the Honda X8R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2007
Monday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Honda X8R and Citroen C5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94302, longitude 0.64143, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halstead St Andrew's, Braintree, CO9 2JN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I538012
Council area
Braintree
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, no street lighting
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
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda X8R

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda X8R)

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 200742I538012 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.