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Fatal B197 crash in North Hertfordshire on 17 October 1980 at 22:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire at 22:50 on Friday 17 October 1980. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Oct 1980
Friday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9342, longitude -0.21088, in the SG4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19804141E1240
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
197
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 19804141E1240 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1980.