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Unclassified road crash in Shropshire SY11 on 17 June 2013 at 13:45 involving a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Signum were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire at 13:45 on Monday 17 June 2013. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 2013
Monday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Yamaha WR 125 and Vauxhall Signum
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85768, longitude -3.0518, in the SY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswestry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oswestry South, Shropshire, SY11 2NU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201322F302147
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha WR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Signum

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    2,793 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha WR 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 201322F302147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 2013.