Serious B2205 crash in Canterbury on 29 May 2020 at 18:20 involving a Harley-Davidson XL 1200 motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson XL 1200 motorcycle and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B2205 in Canterbury at 18:20 on Friday 29 May 2020. The 40-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson XL 1200 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
- 29 May 2020
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Harley-Davidson XL 1200 and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36307, longitude 1.093, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Herne Bay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenhill, Canterbury, CT6 7RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020460955375
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2013.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 17 September 2013
5 m awayRef 2013460232146
Slight
Honda crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 9 November 1998
5 m awayRef 199846CT07780
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 3 March 1995
8 m awayRef 1995460620392
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 8 June 2003
8 m awayRef 200346CT77335
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 18 September 1980
16 m awayRef 1980466307410
Slight
Car crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 20 August 1982
94 m awayRef 1982466306472
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,202 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL 1200)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020460955375 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Canterbury road accident statistics for 2020.