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B5493 crash in North West Leicestershire on 26 August 2015 at 19:43 involving a Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B5493 in North West Leicestershire at 19:43 on Wednesday 26 August 2015. The 50-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2015
Wednesday, 19:43
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZR1000 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68882, longitude -1.55091, in the DE12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleby, North West Leicestershire, DE12 8AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015331501343
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5493
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    953 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR1000)

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 2015331501343 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2015.