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Serious B4154 crash in Cannock Chase on 3 March 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4154 in Cannock Chase at 16:15 on Saturday 3 March 1979. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 1979
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6778, longitude -1.97304, in the WS11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219200124
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4154
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, 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 1979219200124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cannock Chase road accident statistics for 1979.