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Serious unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM18 on 29 December 1979 at 23:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 23:25 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1979
Saturday, 23:25
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46893, longitude 0.3684, in the RM18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tilbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420060638
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

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

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, 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 1979420060638 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1979.