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Serious B5009 crash in Shropshire on 21 September 2002 at 03:11 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle crashed on the B5009 in Shropshire at 03:11 on Saturday 21 September 2002. The 26-year-old male rider and a 24-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 2002
Saturday, 03:11
Vehicles
1
Yamaha R6
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85802, longitude -2.99135, in the SY11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200222FC29472
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5009
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

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 200222FC29472 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 2002.