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A448 crash in Wyre Forest on 13 July 1979 at 08:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A448 in Wyre Forest at 08:50 on Friday 13 July 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 1979
Friday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38547, longitude -2.24503, in the DY10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220107031
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
448
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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 13 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1979220107031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1979.