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B2008 crash in Swale on 27 June 1979 at 23:50 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles and a car were involved in a crash on the B2008 in Swale at 23:50 on Wednesday 27 June 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1979
Wednesday, 23:50
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41983, longitude 0.80027, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979466404699
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2008
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 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 1979466404699 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1979.