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Serious unclassified road crash in Guildford GU1 on 30 December 1980 at 14:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Guildford at 14:50 on Tuesday 30 December 1980. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1980
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23712, longitude -0.55635, in the GU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198045GD00524
Council area
Guildford
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 94 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 198045GD00524 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 1980.