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A4 crash in Wiltshire on 30 November 1982 at 08:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wiltshire at 08:15 on Tuesday 30 November 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 1982
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43241, longitude -2.21285, in the SN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198254CS02652
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    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 198254CS02652 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 1982.