A13 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 12 February 2008 at 08:29 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle, a Toyota Avensis and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham at 08:29 on Tuesday 12 February 2008. The 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2008
- Tuesday, 08:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSXR 1000 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53126, longitude 0.13549, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goresbrook, Barking and Dagenham, RM9 6NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801KG69860
- Council area
- Barking and Dagenham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2018.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 22 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010147316
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 18 January 2016
At the same spotRef 201601KG70018
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 1 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200301KG00572
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 7 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TC00407
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 30 November 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010222034
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 23 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010617144
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
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 200801KG69860 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 2008.