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A453 crash in Birmingham on 8 January 2001 at 17:40 involving a BMW K 1100 LT motorcycle

A BMW K 1100 LT motorcycle crashed on the A453 in Birmingham at 17:40 on Monday 8 January 2001. The 46-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 2001
Monday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
BMW K 1100 LT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57102, longitude -1.82306, in the B74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Trinity, Birmingham, B74 2LZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200120D067902
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
453
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5127

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW K 1100 LT

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW K 1100 LT)

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 200120D067902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2001.