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A489 crash in Shropshire on 27 September 1998 at 17:10 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on the A489 in Shropshire at 17:10 on Sunday 27 September 1998. The 47-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 1998
Sunday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47808, longitude -2.86997, in the SY7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822FG03871
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
489
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    306 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199822FG03871 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 1998.