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Serious A454 crash in Walsall on 12 December 2018 at 12:45 involving a Kawasaki ER650 motorcycle

A car and a Kawasaki ER650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A454 in Walsall at 12:45 on Wednesday 12 December 2018. The 66-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ER650 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2018
Wednesday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Kawasaki ER650
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58661, longitude -1.99874, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9PS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200352929
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
454
Road type
Dual 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ER650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ER650)

    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 2018200352929 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 2018.