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A321 crash in Bracknell Forest on 30 January 1979 at 07:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A321 in Bracknell Forest at 07:30 on Tuesday 30 January 1979. The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34676, longitude -0.80549, in the GU47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C123019
Council area
Bracknell Forest
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
321
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 197943C123019 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.