Serious A4169 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 20 May 2003 at 20:03 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin at 20:03 on Tuesday 20 May 2003. The 42-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 May 2003
- Tuesday, 20:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63968, longitude -2.43208, in the TF7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Madeley & Sutton Hill, Telford and Wrekin, TF7 4DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322GA30841
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4169
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 3 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025221663206
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 5 October 1990
10 m awayRef 1990220710004
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 16 August 2007
14 m awayRef 200722GA85895
Slight
Car crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 4 February 1981
22 m awayRef 1981220702004
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 9 September 1998
28 m awayRef 199822GP03740
Slight
Car crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 14 January 1979
32 m awayRef 1979220701013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
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 200322GA30841 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 2003.