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Serious unclassified road crash in Herefordshire HR2 on 4 April 1980 at 17:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Herefordshire at 17:20 on Friday 4 April 1980. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 1980
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0161, longitude -2.65465, in the HR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Herefordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980220504010
Council area
Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, 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 1980220504010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Herefordshire road accident statistics for 1980.