A462 crash in Walsall on 16 June 2017 at 18:21 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A462 in Walsall at 18:21 on Friday 16 June 2017. The 25-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2017
- Friday, 18:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59494, longitude -2.0414, in the WV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Short Heath, Walsall, WV12 4GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200209416
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 462
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A462 in Walsall, 4 February 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200157111
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A462 in Walsall, 28 June 2015
3 m awayRef 201520H006745
Serious
Daihatsu Sirion crash on the A462 in Walsall, 18 May 2012
3 m awayRef 201220H004302
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A462 in Walsall, 17 May 2007
3 m awayRef 200720H034302
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A462 in Walsall, 25 September 1998
3 m awayRef 199820H131901
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A462 in Walsall, 24 October 2001
3 m awayRef 200120H127702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)
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 2017200209416 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 2017.