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Serious unclassified road crash in Tamworth B77 on 4 December 1981 at 09:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Tamworth at 09:00 on Friday 4 December 1981. The 53-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1981
Friday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63457, longitude -1.67666, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981211500849
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1981211500849 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1981.