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Fatal unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 8 February 1997 at 17:35 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Redditch at 17:35 on Saturday 8 February 1997. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 23-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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
8 Feb 1997
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30714, longitude -1.96652, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722BM00380
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

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

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199722BM00380 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1997.