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Fatal unclassified road crash in Redditch B97 on 30 September 1979 at 20:44 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 20:44 on Sunday 30 September 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Sep 1979
Sunday, 20:44
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
4
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27603, longitude -1.94822, in the B97 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220209034
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1979220209034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1979.