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Unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV3 on 29 February 2004 at 02:00 involving a Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 02:00 on Sunday 29 February 2004. A 22-year-old male passenger and the 25-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Feb 2004
Sunday, 02:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF 1000 R
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56987, longitude -2.16286, in the WV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Graiseley, Wolverhampton, WV3 7HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420G019801
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 1000 R

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,002 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)

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 200420G019801 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 2004.