B4093 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 23 November 2017 at 17:20 involving a Volkswagen Touran taxi
A Volkswagen Touran taxi and a Yamaha XJR 1300 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4093 in Stratford-on-Avon at 17:20 on Thursday 23 November 2017. The 51-year-old female rider of the Yamaha XJR 1300 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2017
- Thursday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Touran and Yamaha XJR 1300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27967, longitude -1.90365, in the B80 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Matchborough & Woodrow, Redditch, B98 7UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017230250196
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4093
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4093 in Redditch, 16 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200322BD30259
Serious
HGV crash on the B4093 in Stratford-on-Avon, 10 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022231248859
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4093 in Redditch, 23 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025221695510
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B4093 in Redditch, 4 July 1996
11 m awayRef 199622BT03099
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4093 in Redditch, 20 March 2009
11 m awayRef 200922D901867
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B4093 in Redditch, 1 January 2012
11 m awayRef 201222D200018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XJR 1300
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XJR 1300)
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 2017230250196 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 2017.