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Unclassified road crash in Sevenoaks TN8 on 2 June 2007 at 15:00 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks at 15:00 on Saturday 2 June 2007. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jun 2007
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha DT 125 R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21141, longitude 0.06352, in the TN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marlpit Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edenbridge North and East, Sevenoaks, TN8 6BD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460142314
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

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 2007460142314 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2007.