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A5 crash in Shropshire on 4 September 2018 at 15:40 involving an LML Star motorcycle

An LML Star motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 15:40 on Tuesday 4 September 2018. The 20-year-old male rider of the LML Star motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 2018
Tuesday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
LML Star and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68728, longitude -2.72354, in the SY2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Severn Valley, Shropshire, SY2 6GH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018220326729
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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

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, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: LML Star

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (LML Star)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018220326729 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 2018.