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A55 crash in Flintshire on 31 March 2007 at 12:55 involving a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle

A Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle crashed on the A55 in Flintshire at 12:55 on Saturday 31 March 2007. The 44-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2007
Saturday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Triumph Speed Triple 1050
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16858, longitude -3.03694, in the CH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007600FL3048
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
550

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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed Triple 1050

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)

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 2007600FL3048 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Flintshire road accident statistics for 2007.