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Serious B1508 crash in Colchester on 5 August 2016 at 17:30 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B1508 in Colchester at 17:30 on Friday 5 August 2016. The 68-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 2016
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Honda VFR800F and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93139, longitude 0.84021, in the CO6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420092797
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1508
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 serious injury crash on 5 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

    Serious injury band
    Less 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 2016420092797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2016.