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Serious A454 crash in Walsall on 16 January 1998 at 20:10 involving a Honda C50LA motorcycle

A Honda C50LA motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A454 in Walsall at 20:10 on Friday 16 January 1998. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 1998
Friday, 20:10
Vehicles
1
Honda C50LA
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58692, longitude -2.00217, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820H010901
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
454
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda C50LA

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda C50LA)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda C50LA)

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 199820H010901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 1998.