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Serious B4497 crash in Redditch on 21 December 2004 at 07:30 involving a Honda XL125V motorcycle

A Honda XL125V motorcycle and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B4497 in Redditch at 07:30 on Tuesday 21 December 2004. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda XL125V motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2004
Tuesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Honda XL125V and Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29557, longitude -1.90319, in the B98 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422DF42116
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4497
Road type
Single 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda XL125V

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XL125V)

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 200422DF42116 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 2004.