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Unclassified road crash in Bracknell Forest RG42 on 17 September 2014 at 21:44 involving a Kawasaki EX650 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX650 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bracknell Forest at 21:44 on Wednesday 17 September 2014. A 44-year-old male pedestrian and the 18-year-old male rider were slightly 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
Slight
Date
17 Sep 2014
Wednesday, 21:44
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX650
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42785, longitude -0.74128, in the RG42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bracknell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binfield North & Warfield West, Bracknell Forest, RG42 6GD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201443R139094
Council area
Bracknell Forest
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX650)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX650)

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 201443R139094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 2014.