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Unclassified road crash in Dudley DY3 on 25 August 1980 at 19:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dudley at 19:10 on Monday 25 August 1980. The 37-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 1980
Monday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51322, longitude -2.12668, in the DY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sedgley.

Map of where the crash happened in Dudley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000J1639
Council area
Dudley
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, 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 19802000J1639 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 1980.