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Serious A50 crash in Cheshire East on 26 July 2024 at 19:29 involving a Triumph Speed motorcycle

A Triumph Speed motorcycle and a Kawasaki ZX1002 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A50 in Cheshire East at 19:29 on Friday 26 July 2024. The 60-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed motorcycle was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1002 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 2024
Friday, 19:29
Vehicles
2
Triumph Speed and Kawasaki ZX1002
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27735, longitude -2.36089, in the WA16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chelford, Cheshire East, WA16 9ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024070652156
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
C

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX1002

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1002)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2024070652156 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 2024.