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Serious B4016 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 7 October 1979 at 00:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse at 00:10 on Sunday 7 October 1979. The male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1979
Sunday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64565, longitude -1.26592, in the OX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton Courtenay and Milton.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943F012109
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4016
Road type
Single carriageway
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, 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 197943F012109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 1979.