Serious B1016 crash in Southend-on-Sea on 24 September 2023 at 18:00 involving a BMW R Series motorcycle
A BMW R Series motorcycle and a Hyundai i40 were involved in a crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea at 18:00 on Sunday 24 September 2023. The 58-year-old male rider of the BMW R Series motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Sep 2023
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW R Series and Hyundai i40
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5244, longitude 0.77415, in the SS3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Southend-on-Sea
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023421355828
- Council area
- Southend-on-Sea
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1016
- 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
- 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
- Moderately 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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 2009.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 12 November 2009
17 m awayRef 200942I384911
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 21 June 2025
21 m awayRef 2025421605886
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 17 June 1999
59 m awayRef 19994200H0322
Serious
Car crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 3 July 1983
62 m awayRef 19834200H0535
Slight
Car crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 23 May 1981
71 m awayRef 1981420080225
Slight
Car crash on the B1016 in Southend-on-Sea, 1 March 1990
72 m awayRef 19904200H0185
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW R Series
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R Series)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023421355828 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southend-on-Sea road accident statistics for 2023.