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A361 crash in Swindon on 6 January 1980 at 18:21 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A361 in Swindon at 18:21 on Sunday 6 January 1980. The 25-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1980
Sunday, 18:21
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55152, longitude -1.77381, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198054DD00210
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198054DD00210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1980.