A13 crash in Basildon on 3 July 2025 at 07:04 involving a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A13 in Basildon at 07:04 on Thursday 3 July 2025. The 65-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Thursday, 07:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSX 1400 and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55937, longitude 0.49563, in the SS16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pitsea South East, Basildon, SS16 4SX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025421610934
- Council area
- Basildon
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 April 2004.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A13 in Basildon, 2 April 2004
10 m awayRef 20044200B0141
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A13 in Basildon, 16 July 2022
13 m awayRef 2022421201094
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A13 in Basildon, 23 July 2010
16 m awayRef 201042I234607
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A13 in Basildon, 23 August 2007
33 m awayRef 200742I344508
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A13 in Basildon, 5 February 2002
34 m awayRef 20024200B0060
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A13 in Basildon, 12 December 2009
38 m awayRef 200942I426412
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1400
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 65, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1400)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025421610934 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2025.