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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 18 March 2014 at 15:20 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 15:20 on Tuesday 18 March 2014. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 60-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Mar 2014
Tuesday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
BMW 1 Series and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92397, longitude -0.18552, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Martins Wood, Stevenage, SG1 5NR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20144100E0158
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

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
Footbridge or subway

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 20144100E0158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2014.