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Serious unclassified road crash in Wiltshire SN4 on 15 March 2012 at 21:39 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wiltshire at 21:39 on Thursday 15 March 2012. The 54-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Mar 2012
Thursday, 21:39
Vehicles
1
Triumph
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53888, longitude -1.90466, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Wootton Bassett. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Wootton Bassett North, Wiltshire, SN4 8AB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012542739912
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,180 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

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 2012542739912 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2012.