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A4124 crash in Walsall on 20 December 2012 at 20:07 involving a Yamaha XT 125 motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha XT 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4124 in Walsall at 20:07 on Thursday 20 December 2012. The 23-year-old female driver of the car and the 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XT 125 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2012
Thursday, 20:07
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha XT 125
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61178, longitude -2.03792, in the WV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5LB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220H010792
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4124
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
Raining with 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha XT 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XT 125)

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 201220H010792 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.