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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B73 on 28 March 2002 at 17:55 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle

A Piaggio Zip motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 17:55 on Thursday 28 March 2002. A 9-year-old male pedestrian and the 17-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Mar 2002
Thursday, 17:55
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Zip
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.554, longitude -1.86914, in the B73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 0RJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220D125902
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

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 200220D125902 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 2002.