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C road crash in Basingstoke and Deane RG27 on 21 July 1979 at 13:57 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on a C road in Basingstoke and Deane at 13:57 on Saturday 21 July 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 1979
Saturday, 13:57
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31227, longitude -0.99133, in the RG27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440BS0156
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 1979440BS0156 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 1979.