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Serious B4373 crash in Shropshire on 8 August 2007 at 17:20 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle crashed on the B4373 in Shropshire at 17:20 on Wednesday 8 August 2007. The 40-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 2007
Wednesday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SV 650
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53866, longitude -2.67554, in the TF13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200722FA86721
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4373
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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

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 200722FA86721 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 2007.