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Serious A449 crash in Wychavon on 11 March 2008 at 13:40 involving a Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle crashed on the A449 in Wychavon at 13:40 on Tuesday 11 March 2008. The 53-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 2008
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZR1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34699, longitude -2.22678, in the DY11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hartlebury, Wychavon, DY10 4HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200822CA87761
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
450

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR1000)

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 200822CA87761 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 2008.