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Serious A453 crash in Rushcliffe on 23 February 1979 at 20:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe at 20:25 on Friday 23 February 1979. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 1979
Friday, 20:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92932, longitude -1.14591, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979315210326
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
453
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 1979315210326 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 1979.