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Serious unclassified road crash in Solihull B37 on 29 March 2007 at 22:04 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 22:04 on Thursday 29 March 2007. The 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle was seriously injured and a 15-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha R6 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Mar 2007
Thursday, 22:04
Vehicles
2
Yamaha R6 and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47946, longitude -1.74907, in the B37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fordbridge, Solihull, B37 5FD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200720L052401
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
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
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 1 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, 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 200720L052401 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 2007.