Fatal A47 crash in Peterborough on 26 December 1979 at 19:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 19:05 on Wednesday 26 December 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Fatal
Date: 26 Dec 1979; Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 killed

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1979355134479
Council area: Peterborough
Police force: Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 47
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 6118

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Road sign or traffic signal
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Fatal
Male, aged 17, 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 1979355134479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 1979.