A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 21 June 2003 at 11:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 11:50 on Saturday 21 June 2003. The 23-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2003
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ducati
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39066, longitude -2.23905, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Offmore & Comberton, Wyre Forest, DY10 1PR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322DB31464
- Council area
- Wyre Forest
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2009.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 22 April 2009
14 m awayRef 200922D902203
Fatal
Car crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 7 August 2003
14 m awayRef 200322DB32313
Serious
Car crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 6 February 1984
28 m awayRef 1984220102020
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 17 July 2001
28 m awayRef 200122AA17741
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 6 May 2017
35 m awayRef 2017220179560
Serious
Rover Vitesse crash on the A456 in Wyre Forest, 3 August 2003
36 m awayRef 200322DB32257
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ducati
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati)
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 200322DB31464 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 2003.