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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B9 on 20 February 2003 at 20:35 involving a Kymco Zing motorcycle

A Kymco Zing motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 20:35 on Thursday 20 February 2003. The 40-year-old male rider and a 20-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 2003
Thursday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Kymco Zing
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48015, longitude -1.83314, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heartlands, Birmingham, B9 5SU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320D079003
Council area
Birmingham
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4128

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kymco Zing

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kymco Zing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Kymco Zing)

    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 200320D079003 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 2003.