A1089 crash in Thurrock on 20 May 2017 at 11:04 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Kawasaki KLE650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1089 in Thurrock at 11:04 on Saturday 20 May 2017. The 52-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KLE650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 11:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Kawasaki KLE650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4683, longitude 0.34919, in the RM18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tilbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Thurrock Rectory, Thurrock, RM17 6UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420183905
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1089
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2011.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 12 January 2011
7 m awayRef 201142I014301
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A126 in Thurrock, 2 February 2013
14 m awayRef 201342I079202
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 9 September 1994
17 m awayRef 19944200F0563
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 28 October 1998
17 m awayRef 19984200F0612
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 23 November 2017
21 m awayRef 2017420242545
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 20 May 2019
23 m awayRef 2019420846503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki KLE650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 649 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki KLE650)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017420183905 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.