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Serious C road crash in Barnet NW4 on 15 August 2019 at 04:05 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Barnet at 04:05 on Thursday 15 August 2019. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 2019
Thursday, 04:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Honda WW125EX2
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58234, longitude -0.23233, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Hendon, Barnet, NW4 3ST area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010199597
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    5,132 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda WW125EX2)

    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 2019010199597 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 2019.