Serious A413 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 June 2018 at 15:50 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A413 in West Northamptonshire at 15:50 on Friday 8 June 2018. The 41-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jun 2018
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 1000 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0848, longitude -1.028, in the NN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Silverstone. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340S04551
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 413
- 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
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
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 77%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 23%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 20 September 1984
3 m awayRef 198434BD01357
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 15 May 1982
17 m awayRef 198234DT00447
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 3 June 1990
22 m awayRef 199034BD05572
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 21 June 1992
63 m awayRef 199234TD00462
Slight
Lorry crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 29 March 1985
83 m awayRef 198534BD00441
Serious
Volvo crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 12 May 2000
85 m awayRef 200034TD00248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018340S04551 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2018.