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Serious M5 crash in Stroud on 19 September 2016 at 21:55 involving a Kawasaki EX650 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX650 motorcycle crashed on the M5 in Stroud at 21:55 on Monday 19 September 2016. The 47-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 2016
Monday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX650
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82059, longitude -2.22307, in the GL4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016530115706
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    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
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX650)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2016530115706 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 2016.