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A4008 crash in Three Rivers on 11 February 2009 at 05:45 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle crashed on the A4008 in Three Rivers at 05:45 on Wednesday 11 February 2009. The 35-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 2009
Wednesday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX636
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62344, longitude -0.36873, in the HA5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carpenders Park, Three Rivers, WD19 5RL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20094100C0148
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4008
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4542

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    636 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)

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 20094100C0148 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2009.