Serious A46 crash in Wychavon on 8 July 2016 at 17:45 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle, a DS DS3 and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A46 in Wychavon at 17:45 on Friday 8 July 2016. The 24-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jul 2016
- Friday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSXR 600 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12049, longitude -1.93906, in the WR11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220089284
- Council area
- Wychavon
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 171 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2001.
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 2 November 2001
171 m awayRef 200122CE25587
Serious
Scania crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 19 December 1997
200 m awayRef 199722CM08039
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 28 November 2025
247 m awayRef 2025221675428
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 28 March 2010
248 m awayRef 201022C001555
Slight
Lexmoto Assault 125 crash on the B4088 in Wychavon, 4 January 2023
275 m awayRef 2023221259714
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A46 in Wychavon, 28 March 2014
280 m awayRef 201422C401191
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DS DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 2016220089284 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 2016.