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A5018 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 31 January 1981 at 19:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A5018 in Cheshire West and Chester at 19:00 on Saturday 31 January 1981. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1981
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1981, longitude -2.50741, in the CW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winsford.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981071E10124
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5018
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5355

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 1981071E10124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 1981.