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Serious unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV14 on 10 September 1980 at 23:10 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 23:10 on Wednesday 10 September 1980. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Sep 1980
Wednesday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56361, longitude -2.07667, in the WV14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000G1798
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 19802000G1798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1980.