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Fatal A41 crash in Wolverhampton on 7 December 1997 at 23:30 involving a Honda CB125T motorcycle

A Honda CB125T motorcycle crashed on the A41 in Wolverhampton at 23:30 on Sunday 7 December 1997. The 45-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Dec 1997
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Honda CB125T
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56899, longitude -2.08553, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097G1871
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB125T

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB125T)

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 19972097G1871 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1997.