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Unclassified road crash in Dartford DA1 on 16 March 2017 at 07:40 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dartford at 07:40 on Thursday 16 March 2017. The 54-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2017
Thursday, 07:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSX 1300
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43792, longitude 0.23516, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Dartford, DA1 1RL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017460167479
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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 serious injury crash on 14 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1300

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,340 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1300)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017460167479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dartford road accident statistics for 2017.