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Serious unclassified road crash in Wyre Forest DY11 on 22 March 2009 at 19:55 involving a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest at 19:55 on Sunday 22 March 2009. The 19-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle was seriously 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
22 Mar 2009
Sunday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSX 600 and Land Rover Defender
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36856, longitude -2.27227, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, DY11 7BT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200922D901619
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 600)

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 200922D901619 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 2009.