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Serious unclassified road crash in Bromsgrove B61 on 6 June 1997 at 09:58 involving a Honda SA50J motor scooter

A Honda SA50J motor scooter and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bromsgrove at 09:58 on Friday 6 June 1997. The 73-year-old male rider of the Honda SA50J motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1997
Friday, 09:58
Vehicles
2
Honda SA50J and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34633, longitude -2.0506, in the B61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromsgrove.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722BE01822
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SA50J

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Honda SA50J)

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 199722BE01822 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 1997.