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Serious A442 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 7 February 1995 at 06:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A442 in Telford and Wrekin at 06:30 on Tuesday 7 February 1995. The 47-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Feb 1995
Tuesday, 06:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71844, longitude -2.52433, in the TF5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199522GP01739
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
442
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5063

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 199522GP01739 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 1995.