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Serious B4504 crash in Redditch on 9 September 2004 at 20:25 involving a Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4504 in Redditch at 20:25 on Thursday 9 September 2004. The 54-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Sep 2004
Thursday, 20:25
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1200 and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28319, longitude -1.95482, in the B97 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Webheath & Callow Hill, Redditch, B97 5YE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200422DG39932
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4504
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
Dry

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 30 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1200

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1200)

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 200422DG39932 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.