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Unclassified road crash on the Isle of Wight PO33 on 13 December 1980 at 21:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight at 21:15 on Saturday 13 December 1980. A 17-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1980
Saturday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72374, longitude -1.16552, in the PO33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ryde.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980440LR0155
Council area
Isle of Wight
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 1980440LR0155 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 1980.