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Serious A458 crash in Dudley on 8 June 2000 at 20:15 involving a Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A458 in Dudley at 20:15 on Thursday 8 June 2000. A 40-year-old female passenger on the Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle and the 47-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jun 2000
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Harley-Davidson FLS and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45608, longitude -2.03779, in the B62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halesowen.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020J045702
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson FLS

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,340 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FLS)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FLS)

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 200020J045702 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 2000.