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A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 27 March 2003 at 08:40 involving a Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle crashed on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 08:40 on Thursday 27 March 2003. The 44-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2003
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Harley-Davidson XL 883
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38639, longitude -2.26033, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322DC29788
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
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
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL 883

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    883 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL 883)

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 200322DC29788 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.