B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 12 July 1979 at 18:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 18:55 on Thursday 12 July 1979. The 60-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 1979
- Thursday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62027, longitude -0.38938, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19794141C2218
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4542
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 14 February 1985
At the same spotRef 19854141C2016
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 March 1989
At the same spotRef 19894141C2039
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 14 August 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141C2159
Slight
Car crash on the B4252 in Three Rivers, 5 June 1979
At the same spotRef 19794141C2174
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 16 September 1990
At the same spotRef 19904141C0369
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 15 July 1990
At the same spotRef 19904141C0339
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 60, 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 19794141C2218 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1979.