Serious A441 crash in Redditch on 23 July 2011 at 10:00 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle
A motorcycle and a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A441 in Redditch at 10:00 on Saturday 23 July 2011. The 44-year-old female rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jul 2011
- Saturday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vespa (Douglas)
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27761, longitude -1.93841, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122D103397
- 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
- 441
- 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
- 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
- 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 6 November 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A441 in Redditch, 6 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200522DJ48099
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A441 in Redditch, 26 August 2012
At the same spotRef 201222D203518
Slight
Van crash on the A441 in Redditch, 16 November 1987
10 m awayRef 1987220211031
Slight
Car crash on the A441 in Redditch, 9 May 1982
10 m awayRef 1982220205013
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A441 in Redditch, 20 March 2012
10 m awayRef 201222D201407
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Redditch, 9 September 1985
10 m awayRef 1985220209050
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))
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 201122D103397 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.