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Serious A134 crash in Colchester on 4 August 2013 at 12:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A134 in Colchester at 12:45 on Sunday 4 August 2013. The 65-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Aug 2013
Sunday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89213, longitude 0.89366, in the CO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Colchester, CO1 1JQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201342I226308
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
134
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 201342I226308 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2013.