Fatal B4090 crash in Redditch on 3 September 2005 at 20:00 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle
A Yamaha R6 motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B4090 in Redditch at 20:00 on Saturday 3 September 2005. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Sep 2005
- Saturday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha R6 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24714, longitude -1.96189, in the B96 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Redditch
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200522DG46781
- 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
- 4090
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 November 2001.
Fatal
Honda crash on the B4090 in Redditch, 16 November 2001
10 m awayRef 200122BD22603
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4090 in Redditch, 29 May 2005
28 m awayRef 200522DG44924
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B4090 in Redditch, 17 August 1996
40 m awayRef 199622BW04022
Slight
Car crash on the B4090 in Redditch, 18 April 1986
57 m awayRef 1986220204020
Slight
Car crash on the B4090 in Redditch, 2 April 1979
100 m awayRef 1979220204004
Slight
Vauxhall Astramax crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 16 May 1997
112 m awayRef 199722BH01572
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)
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 200522DG46781 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 2005.