B4394 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 16 December 2004 at 07:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin at 07:30 on Thursday 16 December 2004. The 43-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2004
- Thursday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70358, longitude -2.60202, in the TF6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200422GB37582
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4394
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 14 February 1995
14 m awayRef 199522GE02305
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 31 July 1998
41 m awayRef 199822GJ03252
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 28 May 2024
45 m awayRef 2024221466365
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 18 October 2018
49 m awayRef 2018220342182
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 85 crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 16 February 2005
51 m awayRef 200522GB38193
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4394 in Telford and Wrekin, 3 May 2007
51 m awayRef 200722GA85557
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,092 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200422GB37582 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 2004.