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Serious unclassified road crash in Reigate and Banstead RH6 on 9 January 1979 at 07:56 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead at 07:56 on Tuesday 9 January 1979. The 60-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 07:56
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18838, longitude -0.18181, in the RH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horley.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945BD00013
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, 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 197945BD00013 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 1979.