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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B44 on 27 August 2002 at 22:00 involving a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 22:00 on Tuesday 27 August 2002. The 31-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle was seriously injured and a 9-year-old male passenger on the Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 2002
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki GSX 600
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55473, longitude -1.87696, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. 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
200220D306302
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 600)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 600)

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 200220D306302 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.