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Serious B4196 crash in Wyre Forest on 31 January 1998 at 12:30 involving a Honda NH80MD motorcycle

A Honda NH80MD motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B4196 in Wyre Forest at 12:30 on Saturday 31 January 1998. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda NH80MD motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jan 1998
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Honda NH80MD and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32494, longitude -2.29267, in the DY13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stourport-on-Severn.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822AK00470
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4196
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NH80MD

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NH80MD)

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 199822AK00470 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1998.