B186 crash in Thurrock on 23 February 2017 at 09:08 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a BMW R 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B186 in Thurrock at 09:08 on Thursday 23 February 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the BMW R 1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2017
- Thursday, 09:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and BMW R 1200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4932, longitude 0.29608, in the RM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chafford Hundred West, Thurrock, RM16 6DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420157943
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 186
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 24 December 1998
1 m awayRef 19984200F0760
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 18 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022421245216
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 3 October 2021
5 m awayRef 2021421095419
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 14 April 2017
9 m awayRef 2017420173253
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 30 July 2004
16 m awayRef 20044200F0443
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 15 October 1996
19 m awayRef 19964200F0454
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW R 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW R 1200)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017420157943 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2017.