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Serious A4038 crash in Walsall on 17 April 2020 at 20:55 involving a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4038 in Walsall at 20:55 on Friday 17 April 2020. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 2020
Friday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha GPD 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57514, longitude -2.00543, 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 9DG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Walsall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020200958413
Council area
Walsall
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4038
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD 125)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020200958413 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 2020.