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Serious B4156 crash in South Staffordshire on 26 March 1979 at 22:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire at 22:05 on Monday 26 March 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 31-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 1979
Monday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66701, longitude -2.02554, in the WS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219200175
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979219200175 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 1979.