C road crash in Derby DE24 on 31 July 2012 at 17:50 involving a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle, a Vauxhall Vectra and another vehicle were involved in a crash on a C road in Derby at 17:50 on Tuesday 31 July 2012. The 32-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle and the 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were 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
- 31 Jul 2012
- Tuesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSXR 750 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89203, longitude -1.47989, in the DE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Normanton, Derby, DE23 8AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201230D001554
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 December 2012.
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on a C road in Derby, 31 December 2012
22 m awayRef 201230D002704
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Derby, 26 November 1983
41 m awayRef 1983303D03231
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Derby, 9 March 1979
41 m awayRef 1979309D00684
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Derby, 3 June 1980
41 m awayRef 1980300D01484
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Derby, 16 September 1979
41 m awayRef 1979309D02465
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Derby, 10 July 1981
41 m awayRef 1981301D01800
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 750)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 201230D001554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2012.