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Serious A56 crash in Halton on 21 December 1979 at 21:35 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A56 in Halton at 21:35 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 21:35
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197907LLVHE40
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 197907LLVHE40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 1979.