C road crash in the Forest of Dean GL16 on 28 July 2008 at 13:13 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle
A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in the Forest of Dean at 13:13 on Monday 28 July 2008. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2008
- Monday, 13:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha DT 125 R and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79212, longitude -2.61735, in the GL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coleford, Forest of Dean, GL16 8SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008530196005
- Council area
- Forest of Dean
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 November 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 15 November 1995
10 m awayRef 1995530BI2114
Slight
Bus crash on the A374 in the Forest of Dean, 27 December 2000
30 m awayRef 2000530AI4214
Slight
Car crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 26 August 1989
30 m awayRef 1989530BI0544
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 6 September 1982
36 m awayRef 1982530BI0553
Slight
Car crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 21 June 1984
36 m awayRef 1984530BI0372
Serious
Car crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 5 February 1985
36 m awayRef 1985530BI0083
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- 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
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, 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 2008530196005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Forest of Dean road accident statistics for 2008.