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A449 crash in Wolverhampton on 24 May 2004 at 21:40 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

A van and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A449 in Wolverhampton at 21:40 on Monday 24 May 2004. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2004
Monday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Van and Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60614, longitude -2.13021, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxley, Wolverhampton, WV10 6HU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420G047001
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

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 200420G047001 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.