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A603 crash in Cambridge on 4 May 2008 at 00:40 involving a Honda CBR600F motorcycle

A Honda CBR600F motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A603 in Cambridge at 00:40 on Sunday 4 May 2008. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle and a 24-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR600F motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2008
Sunday, 00:40
Vehicles
2
Honda CBR600F and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20237, longitude 0.13108, in the CB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Market, Cambridge, CB2 1AD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008350156208
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
603
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600F)

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 2008350156208 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 2008.