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Unclassified road crash in Worcester WR4 on 7 January 1998 at 21:00 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A car and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worcester at 21:00 on Wednesday 7 January 1998. The 21-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20578, longitude -2.17965, in the WR4 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
199822CF00328
Council area
Worcester
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 199822CF00328 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 1998.