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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN1 on 4 August 1981 at 12:20 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swindon at 12:20 on Tuesday 4 August 1981. A 17-year-old male passenger on vehicle 2 and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1981
Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56369, longitude -1.78789, 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
198154DD08221
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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 3 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 198154DD08221 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 1981.