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Serious M40 crash in Warwick on 7 July 2017 at 12:20 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A goods vehicle and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M40 in Warwick at 12:20 on Friday 7 July 2017. The 74-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jul 2017
Friday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Goods vehicle and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25876, longitude -1.61062, in the CV34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warwick Aylesford, Warwick, CV34 6UH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017230198848
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
40
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    891 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2017230198848 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 2017.