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A30 crash in Windsor and Maidenhead on 20 June 1979 at 14:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A30 in Windsor and Maidenhead at 14:10 on Wednesday 20 June 1979. The 36-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jun 1979
Wednesday, 14:10
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44202, longitude -0.53149, in the TW19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Windsor and Maidenhead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C072069
Council area
Windsor and Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
376

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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, 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 197943C072069 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 1979.