B4090 crash in Wychavon on 2 August 2001 at 11:48 involving a Rover 25
A Rover 25 and a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4090 in Wychavon at 11:48 on Thursday 2 August 2001. The 32-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2001
- Thursday, 11:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 25 and Piaggio Vespa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26819, longitude -2.14138, in the WR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Droitwich Spa. It is one of the crashes that make up the Droitwich East, Wychavon, WR9 8WA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122CF24145
- Council area
- Wychavon
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4090
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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 29 April 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B4090 in Wychavon, 29 April 1988
10 m awayRef 1988220204037
Slight
Car crash on the B4090 in Wychavon, 5 November 1985
14 m awayRef 1985220211003
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wychavon, 26 March 1979
28 m awayRef 1979220203046
Slight
Car crash on the B4090 in Wychavon, 14 April 1987
30 m awayRef 1987220204023
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4090 in Wychavon, 21 September 2016
31 m awayRef 2016220111993
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Wychavon, 12 May 1997
50 m awayRef 199722CK02885
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Vespa)
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 200122CF24145 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 2001.