Unclassified road crash in Medway ME7 on 12 November 2007 at 18:55 involving an Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle
An Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 18:55 on Monday 12 November 2007. The 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2007
- Monday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia RS 125 and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39231, longitude 0.5538, in the ME7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gillingham South, Medway, ME7 1ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007460049334
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia RS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia RS 125)
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 2007460049334 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Medway road accident statistics for 2007.