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Serious unclassified road crash in Bracknell Forest RG12 on 11 April 1979 at 23:40 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on an unclassified road in Bracknell Forest at 23:40 on Wednesday 11 April 1979. The 46-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Apr 1979
Wednesday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39616, longitude -0.75662, in the RG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bracknell.

Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C043049
Council area
Bracknell Forest
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 197943C043049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 1979.