B4550 crash in Worcester on 28 November 1997 at 19:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4550 in Worcester at 19:20 on Friday 28 November 1997. The 50-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 1997
- Friday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Yamaha
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20168, longitude -2.20978, in the WR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199722CM07901
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4550
- 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
- Raining, 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 13 April 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 13 April 1986
At the same spotRef 1986220304020
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 30 January 2021
9 m awayRef 2021221019069
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 7 June 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220306028
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 9 February 1980
10 m awayRef 1980220302013
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 10 April 1980
10 m awayRef 1980220304015
Slight
Car crash on the B4550 in Worcester, 28 March 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220303068
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)
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 199722CM07901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1997.