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Serious A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 5 September 2015 at 10:33 involving a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle

A Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle and a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 10:33 on Saturday 5 September 2015. The 44-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle and the 36-year-old female rider of the Triumph Street Triple motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 2015
Saturday, 10:33
Vehicles
2
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 and Triumph Street Triple
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27159, longitude -0.00971, in the CB24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire, CB24 4AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015350141415
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
14

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

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 7 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed Triple 1050

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Street Triple

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Street Triple)

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 2015350141415 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2015.