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Serious unclassified road crash in Maldon CM3 on 12 November 1980 at 15:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maldon at 15:10 on Wednesday 12 November 1980. The 16-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, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Nov 1980
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67961, longitude 0.76853, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mayland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980420030951
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1980420030951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1980.