Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B30 on 19 November 2019 at 18:40 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 18:40 on Tuesday 19 November 2019. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Nov 2019
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R125 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41528, longitude -1.91978, in the B30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the King's Norton North, Birmingham, B30 3EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200917345
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2025.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 13 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201654095
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 18 November 2009
51 m awayRef 200920E160402
Slight
Toyota Lite Ace crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 24 March 1997
53 m awayRef 19972097E0754
Slight
ERF crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 29 June 1991
53 m awayRef 19912091B0919
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 23 July 1991
53 m awayRef 19912091B1066
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 5 November 1989
53 m awayRef 19892000B1932
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle, engine size unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2019200917345 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 2019.