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Serious unclassified road crash in South Staffordshire WV9 on 12 July 2025 at 18:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire at 18:00 on Saturday 12 July 2025. The 37-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jul 2025
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63021, longitude -2.15702, in the WV9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bilbrook, South Staffordshire, WV9 5EU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025211615229
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2025211615229 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 2025.