Serious B4429 crash in Rugby on 2 July 2016 at 23:57 involving a Honda XR125L motorcycle
A Honda XR125L motorcycle and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B4429 in Rugby at 23:57 on Saturday 2 July 2016. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda XR125L motorcycle and an 18-year-old male passenger on the Honda XR125L motorcycle were seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 23:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda XR125L and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35754, longitude -1.23221, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paddox, Rugby, CV22 5HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016230084938
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4429
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1993.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Rugby, 22 July 1993
6 m awayRef 1993239301229
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4429 in Rugby, 15 October 2004
8 m awayRef 2004230497154
Slight
Car crash on the B4429 in Rugby, 23 January 2023
17 m awayRef 2023231268492
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rugby, 26 March 1983
46 m awayRef 1983238300380
Serious
Car crash on the B4429 in Rugby, 28 January 1983
46 m awayRef 1983238300084
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rugby, 11 May 1981
46 m awayRef 1981238100731
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda XR125L
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016230084938 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 2016.