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Serious unclassified road crash in Swansea SA2 on 21 March 1980 at 16:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 16:05 on Friday 21 March 1980. The 18-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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Mar 1980
Friday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61631, longitude -3.98595, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620J01040
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, 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 1980620J01040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 1980.