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A489 crash in Shropshire on 21 May 2000 at 12:55 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle, a Honda Civic and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A489 in Shropshire at 12:55 on Sunday 21 May 2000. The 35-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a 36-year-old female passenger on the Ducati motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 2000
Sunday, 12:55
Vehicles
3
Kawasaki EX500 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52105, longitude -3.00365, in the SY9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200022FD18251
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
T or staggered junction
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
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 9 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Ducati

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    864 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 3 (Ducati)

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 200022FD18251 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 2000.