Serious A129 crash in Rochford on 17 March 2016 at 07:29 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A129 in Rochford at 07:29 on Thursday 17 March 2016. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Mar 2016
- Thursday, 07:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60179, longitude 0.5648, in the SS11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Downhall and Rawreth, Rochford, SS11 8UE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420052024
- Council area
- Rochford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 129
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A129 in Rochford, 2 October 2016
3 m awayRef 2016420111428
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A129 in Rochford, 6 November 2014
3 m awayRef 201442I376511
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A129 in Rochford, 19 April 2016
4 m awayRef 2016420059491
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A129 in Rochford, 14 April 2013
4 m awayRef 201342I101604
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A129 in Rochford, 8 December 2015
10 m awayRef 2015420034825
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A129 in Rochford, 19 March 1996
13 m awayRef 19964200J0123
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016420052024 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochford road accident statistics for 2016.