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Serious A3032 crash in Wokingham on 9 January 1979 at 08:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A3032 in Wokingham at 08:15 on Tuesday 9 January 1979. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47763, longitude -0.88257, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Charvil.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943E018019
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3032
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

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

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 197943E018019 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1979.