A4097 crash in Birmingham on 27 August 2004 at 11:50 involving a Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle
A Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A4097 in Birmingham at 11:50 on Friday 27 August 2004. The 18-year-old male rider of the Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2004
- Friday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Gilera Dna 50 and MG ZR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51663, longitude -1.81797, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200420D291001
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4097
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2001.
Slight
Car crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 8 January 2001
14 m awayRef 200120D069501
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 9 December 1998
22 m awayRef 199820D343201
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 17 December 2025
27 m awayRef 2025201684865
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 28 April 2021
28 m awayRef 2021201079070
Slight
Honda XR125L crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 3 September 2012
28 m awayRef 201220N057692
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 28 April 2000
32 m awayRef 200020D130601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Gilera Dna 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Dna 50)
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 200420D291001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2004.