Serious A448 crash in Redditch on 17 June 2011 at 18:25 involving a Piaggio X9 motorcycle
A Piaggio X9 motorcycle, a Rover 200 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A448 in Redditch at 18:25 on Friday 17 June 2011. The 29-year-old female rider of the Piaggio X9 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 33-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2011
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Piaggio X9 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29181, longitude -1.94044, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Redditch, B98 7NG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122D102449
- Council area
- Redditch
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 448
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 441
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 2000.
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A448 in Redditch, 28 April 2000
10 m awayRef 200022BE13405
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A448 in Redditch, 8 October 2014
10 m awayRef 201422D403734
Slight
Volkswagen 1200 crash on the A448 in Redditch, 6 November 1995
10 m awayRef 199522BX07519
Slight
Car crash on the A448 in Redditch, 23 January 1984
14 m awayRef 1984220201032
Serious
Car crash on the A448 in Redditch, 18 January 1983
14 m awayRef 1983220201016
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A448 in Redditch, 20 October 2025
18 m awayRef 2025221656627
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio X9
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 459 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio X9)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201122D102449 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 2011.