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A452 crash in Birmingham on 30 August 2002 at 22:07 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A452 in Birmingham at 22:07 on Friday 30 August 2002. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 2002
Friday, 22:07
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55058, longitude -1.86222, 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 Sutton Vesey, Birmingham, B73 6RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220D311802
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
452
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 15 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,231 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 200220D311802 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.