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Serious B4190 crash in Wyre Forest on 25 September 1993 at 02:10 involving a Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle crashed on the B4190 in Wyre Forest at 02:10 on Saturday 25 September 1993. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 1993
Saturday, 02:10
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki KL600
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37493, longitude -2.32547, in the DY12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bewdley.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993220109041
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4190
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KL600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    564 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KL600)

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 1993220109041 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1993.