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Unclassified road crash in Bromsgrove B47 on 22 November 1998 at 14:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Triumph motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bromsgrove at 14:20 on Sunday 22 November 1998. The 38-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 1998
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39185, longitude -1.87211, in the B47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hollywood.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822BY03334
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

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 199822BY03334 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 1998.