A38 crash in Worcester on 10 January 1997 at 17:15 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Worcester at 17:15 on Friday 10 January 1997. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 1997
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 405 and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17776, longitude -2.21434, in the WR5 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
- 199722CX00182
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 1981.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A38 in Worcester, 30 October 1981
At the same spotRef 1981220310051
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A38 in Worcester, 15 October 1987
At the same spotRef 1987220310072
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in Worcester, 7 November 1990
At the same spotRef 1990220311049
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in Worcester, 4 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199522CK06105
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A38 in Worcester, 18 August 1982
10 m awayRef 1982220308055
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A38 in Worcester, 29 October 2018
20 m awayRef 2018220340247
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 199722CX00182 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.