Serious unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV11 on 28 January 2017 at 19:33 involving a Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle
A Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 19:33 on Saturday 28 January 2017. The 24-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle and a 23-year-old male passenger on the Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 19:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto XFLM 125 and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60836, longitude -2.06392, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wednesfield South, Wolverhampton, WV11 3EE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200154369
- Council area
- Wolverhampton
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2020.
Slight
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Slight
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Slight
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Serious
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 16 November 1998
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton, 23 August 2005
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto XFLM 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto XFLM 125)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto XFLM 125)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2017200154369 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 2017.