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Serious A519 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 19 May 1979 at 22:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A519 in Telford and Wrekin at 22:45 on Saturday 19 May 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 1979
Saturday, 22:45
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.78041, longitude -2.37356, in the TF10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220705035
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
519
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 1979220705035 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 1979.