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A449 crash in Herefordshire on 24 June 1979 at 13:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A449 in Herefordshire at 13:45 on Sunday 24 June 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jun 1979
Sunday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92781, longitude -2.5693, in the HR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ross-on-Wye.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220506080
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Dual 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    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 1979220506080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Herefordshire road accident statistics for 1979.