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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO3 on 11 June 1980 at 07:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Colchester at 07:45 on Wednesday 11 June 1980. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jun 1980
Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90339, longitude 0.81281, in the CO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eight Ash Green.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980420050458
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    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 1980420050458 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1980.