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Serious B652 crash in St Albans on 13 June 1980 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B652 in St Albans at 16:15 on Friday 13 June 1980. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jun 1980
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83986, longitude -0.338, in the AL5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19804141F2071
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
652
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
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 5 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, 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 19804141F2071 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 1980.