Serious unclassified road crash in Ipswich on 23 December 1979 at 17:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 17:05 on Sunday 23 December 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1979; Sunday, 17:05
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197937LNRBV27
Council area: Ipswich
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 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 197937LNRBV27 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1979.