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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY1 on 14 June 1997 at 15:53 involving a Honda NS125F motorcycle

A Honda NS125F motorcycle, a Vauxhall Nova and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 15:53 on Saturday 14 June 1997. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda NS125F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jun 1997
Saturday, 15:53
Vehicles
3
Honda NS125F and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50964, longitude -2.11194, in the DY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097J0980
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 30 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NS125F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda NS125F)

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 19972097J0980 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1997.