A13 crash in Castle Point on 25 August 2021 at 08:30 involving a BMW R Series motorcycle
A BMW R Series motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A13 in Castle Point at 08:30 on Wednesday 25 August 2021. A female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2021
- Wednesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW R Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55244, longitude 0.61187, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Castle Point, SS7 2RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421082698
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2007.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 1 May 2007
5 m awayRef 200742I165905
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 21 August 2013
9 m awayRef 201342I244208
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 24 August 2003
11 m awayRef 20034200J0344
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 12 August 2006
11 m awayRef 200642I320708
Slight
Honda crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 17 June 1999
11 m awayRef 19994200J0301
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 5 October 2000
15 m awayRef 20004200J0511
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW R Series
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW R Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021421082698 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2021.