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A34 crash in Walsall on 9 November 2012 at 09:30 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Walsall at 09:30 on Friday 9 November 2012. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 2012
Friday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF R125 and Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56296, longitude -1.94465, in the WS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree, Sandwell, B43 7SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220H009422
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)

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 201220H009422 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 2012.