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Unclassified road crash in Salford M6 on 16 April 1979 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Salford at 15:45 on Monday 16 April 1979. The 27-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 1979
Monday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48466, longitude -2.29081, in the M6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197906F000875
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197906F000875 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 1979.