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Serious unclassified road crash in Telford and Wrekin TF2 on 16 September 2005 at 00:02 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Telford and Wrekin at 00:02 on Friday 16 September 2005. A 19-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Sep 2005
Friday, 00:02
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70268, longitude -2.43847, in the TF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oakengates & Ketley Bank, Telford and Wrekin, TF2 6LR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200522GB40229
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 200522GB40229 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 2005.