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Serious B1014 crash in Castle Point on 30 August 1980 at 17:42 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1014 in Castle Point at 17:42 on Saturday 30 August 1980. An 11-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Aug 1980
Saturday, 17:42
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52061, longitude 0.60318, in the SS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canvey Island.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980420090456
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1014
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 8 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, 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 1980420090456 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1980.