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Serious unclassified road crash in Harborough LE8 on 9 January 1979 at 11:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Harborough at 11:30 on Tuesday 9 January 1979. The 18-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54033, longitude -1.07474, in the LE8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19793379S0018
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 19793379S0018 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1979.