A361 crash in Wiltshire on 31 August 2022 at 13:00 involving a Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle
A Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A361 in Wiltshire at 13:00 on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The 59-year-old male rider of the Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2022
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Sprint ST 1050 and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33203, longitude -2.17129, in the BA14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hilperton, Wiltshire, BA14 7RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022549199822
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 361
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2012.
Serious
Triumph Sprint ST 1050 crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 23 December 2012
11 m awayRef 201254B649712
Slight
Taxi crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 28 January 2005
11 m awayRef 200554CT06005
Fatal
Car crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 13 March 1981
23 m awayRef 198154CT00881
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 19 October 2016
26 m awayRef 2016549410516
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 16 November 2023
46 m awayRef 202354C127423
Serious
Nissan Maxima crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 1 April 1998
47 m awayRef 199854CT01708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Sprint ST 1050
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,050 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Sprint ST 1050)
- 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 2022549199822 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2022.