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Serious unclassified road crash in Sandwell B68 on 19 December 2016 at 21:30 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sandwell at 21:30 on Monday 19 December 2016. The 23-year-old female rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 2016
Monday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49116, longitude -1.99499, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sandwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200139903
Council area
Sandwell
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 2016200139903 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sandwell road accident statistics for 2016.