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Serious unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV1 on 21 August 2002 at 13:55 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 13:55 on Wednesday 21 August 2002. A 42-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male rider and a 1-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 2002
Wednesday, 13:55
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX750
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59086, longitude -2.13503, in the WV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Wolverhampton, WV1 4HB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220G074801
Council area
Wolverhampton
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 17 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200220G074801 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 2002.