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A4039 crash in Wolverhampton on 21 November 2000 at 18:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4039 in Wolverhampton at 18:30 on Tuesday 21 November 2000. The 16-year-old male rider of the Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2000
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Suzuki AY 50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56688, longitude -2.10885, in the WV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020G095902
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4039
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki AY 50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki AY 50)

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 200020G095902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 2000.