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Serious A217 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 21 February 2015 at 07:01 involving a Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle

A Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle crashed on the A217 in Reigate and Banstead at 07:01 on Saturday 21 February 2015. The 61-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 2015
Saturday, 07:01
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FJR 1300
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28481, longitude -0.22012, in the KT20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne, Reigate and Banstead, KT20 6QR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015450022798
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
217
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FJR 1300

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FJR 1300)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2015450022798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2015.