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Unclassified road crash in Wyre Forest DY11 on 1 April 2017 at 12:45 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest at 12:45 on Saturday 1 April 2017. The 28-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 2017
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX600 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38516, longitude -2.27366, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blakebrook & Habberley South, Wyre Forest, DY11 6JT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017220169727
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Worcestershire

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
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

    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 2017220169727 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 2017.