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A13 crash in Castle Point on 19 October 1979 at 18:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 18:00 on Friday 19 October 1979. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1979
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55282, longitude 0.61079, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420090622
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 4 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, 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 1979420090622 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1979.