B4397 crash in Shropshire on 19 June 1999 at 15:20 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the B4397 in Shropshire at 15:20 on Saturday 19 June 1999. The 28-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 1999
- Saturday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79503, longitude -2.88477, in the SY4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199922FC10245
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4397
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 October 2000.
Serious
Bedford crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 13 October 2000
22 m awayRef 200022FC19964
Slight
Car crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 28 February 2011
30 m awayRef 201122F101002
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 21 May 2001
40 m awayRef 200122FC22663
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 23 June 2019
46 m awayRef 2019220853917
Slight
Van crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 4 July 1989
108 m awayRef 1989220607073
Slight
Mini Clubman crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 31 March 2022
124 m awayRef 2022221162786
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 572 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 199922FC10245 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 1999.