Serious B5008 crash in South Derbyshire on 5 September 2019 at 08:05 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire at 08:05 on Thursday 5 September 2019. The 22-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Sep 2019
- Thursday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSF 600 and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83784, longitude -1.55473, in the DE65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Repton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Repton, South Derbyshire, DE65 6FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019301901217
- Council area
- South Derbyshire
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 1998.
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 24 November 1998
10 m awayRef 1998308D00956
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 7 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993303D00364
Serious
Honda CB crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 31 July 2025
27 m awayRef 2025302501464
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 11 February 2016
28 m awayRef 2016300017954
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 8 May 2013
29 m awayRef 2013300000196
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B5008 in South Derbyshire, 29 May 2009
66 m awayRef 200930D000402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019301901217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2019.