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Serious unclassified road crash in Dudley DY2 on 7 February 2003 at 17:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dudley at 17:00 on Friday 7 February 2003. The 34-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Feb 2003
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50613, longitude -2.08129, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. James's, Dudley, DY2 7AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320J014901
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 200320J014901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 2003.