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A38 crash in Worcester on 15 July 2003 at 16:30 involving a Piaggio ET2 motorcycle

A van and a Piaggio ET2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Worcester at 16:30 on Tuesday 15 July 2003. The 42-year-old male rider of the Piaggio ET2 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jul 2003
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Van and Piaggio ET2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19605, longitude -2.22264, in the WR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cathedral, Worcester, WR1 3QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worcester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322CA35811
Council area
Worcester
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 27 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio ET2

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio ET2)

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 200322CA35811 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 2003.