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Serious B3087 crash in Wiltshire on 25 September 1981 at 22:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B3087 in Wiltshire at 22:25 on Friday 25 September 1981. The 18-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 1981
Friday, 22:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34952, longitude -1.7099, in the SN9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198154AP04601
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3087
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 14 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, 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 198154AP04601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 1981.