Serious A439 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 5 July 2019 at 16:50 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon at 16:50 on Friday 5 July 2019. The 22-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jul 2019
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Suzuki GSF 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21078, longitude -1.67979, in the CV37 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019230857477
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 439
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 July 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon, 6 July 2013
2 m awayRef 2013233067413
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon, 15 August 2015
3 m awayRef 201523S030833
Serious
Jeep Cherokee crash on an unclassified road in Stratford-on-Avon, 10 June 2020
4 m awayRef 2020230957253
Slight
Rover Sterling crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon, 31 October 2004
4 m awayRef 2004230491701
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon, 28 December 1991
4 m awayRef 1991239102185
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon, 5 April 2007
4 m awayRef 2007230790430
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 656 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 650)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019230857477 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 2019.