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Fatal A448 crash in Bromsgrove on 5 December 2002 at 14:24 involving a Triumph Tiger motorcycle

A Triumph Tiger motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A448 in Bromsgrove at 14:24 on Thursday 5 December 2002. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Dec 2002
Thursday, 14:24
Vehicles
1
Triumph Tiger
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33578, longitude -2.06161, in the B61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromsgrove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromsgrove Central, Bromsgrove, B60 2NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200222BE28223
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
448
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 1 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Tiger

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    885 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Triumph Tiger)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200222BE28223 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 2002.