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B4208 crash in Malvern Hills on 30 April 2009 at 15:15 involving a Honda X8R motorcycle

A Honda X8R motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B4208 in Malvern Hills at 15:15 on Thursday 30 April 2009. The 17-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2009
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Honda X8R
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10452, longitude -2.30556, in the WR14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Malvern. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnards Green, Malvern Hills, WR14 3PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Malvern Hills

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200922C902353
Council area
Malvern Hills
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4208
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda X8R

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda X8R)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda X8R)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200922C902353 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 2009.