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Unclassified road crash in Broxtowe NG16 on 5 December 1979 at 22:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Broxtowe at 22:20 on Wednesday 5 December 1979. The 54-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1979
Wednesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00081, longitude -1.27206, in the NG16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kimberley.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxtowe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979314113145
Council area
Broxtowe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1979314113145 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxtowe road accident statistics for 1979.