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From one of our regular correspondents, at Drive and Stay Alive, Inc., we received the following photographs and brief report:

The graphic display (below) was placed at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by the Swedish Police and Road Safety Department. The sign above the display noted that the rider had only recently obtained his license.

Left (and bottom left)  The Honda burst into the VW through the front passenger door. <<< Click to enlarge    Right  Roof-crush, resulting from the roll-over. If you imagine the roof still fully upright, you will get a much better idea of the roof damage caused by the rider's body.

The Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155mph) before the bike hit the side of the slow moving car at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted that the rider's reaction time (once the Volkswagen came into view) wasn't sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes. 

The car had two occupants and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them, along with the motorcycle itself. 

Left (and top left)  The Honda burst into the VW through the front passenger door.          Right  Damage to the driver's seat gives only some indication of the violence of the impact.  Click to enlarge >>>

The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 10 feet from where the collision took place.
All three involved (two in the car, plus the rider) were killed instantly. 

At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above operator would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that no [such] actions were taken.

[October, 2005: Our thanks to Alan Goodwin for sending us the above information and photos.  Very minor text editing has been applied for clarity.]