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Serious B4090 crash in Wychavon on 22 June 1979 at 20:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B4090 in Wychavon at 20:15 on Friday 22 June 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jun 1979
Friday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2568, longitude -2.02706, in the B96 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220206038
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4090
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 1979220206038 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 1979.