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Serious unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe CT21 on 29 March 2016 at 12:11 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle

A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 12:11 on Tuesday 29 March 2016. The 20-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Mar 2016
Tuesday, 12:11
Vehicles
1
Honda GLR 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07708, longitude 1.09325, in the CT21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hythe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hythe, Folkestone and Hythe, CT21 5QA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460054300
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016460054300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2016.