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A441 crash in Birmingham on 22 October 1998 at 18:24 involving a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the A441 in Birmingham at 18:24 on Thursday 22 October 1998. The 30-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and a 41-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle were 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
22 Oct 1998
Thursday, 18:24
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki Z550 and Rover 100 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43675, longitude -1.91714, in the B29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820E258601
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
441
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 slight injury crash on 21 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 199820E258601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 1998.