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Serious B3327 crash on the Isle of Wight on 14 September 1979 at 13:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the B3327 on the Isle of Wight at 13:20 on Friday 14 September 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 5-year-old male passenger in the van and a 58-year-old female passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1979
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61174, longitude -1.22545, in the PO38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440LT0041
Council area
Isle of Wight
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3327
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1979440LT0041 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 1979.