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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B17 on 15 September 2018 at 18:43 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 18:43 on Saturday 15 September 2018. The 14-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 2018
Saturday, 18:43
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XC 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44985, longitude -1.96227, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9RS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200349636
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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, 158 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XC 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    14 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018200349636 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2018.