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A30 crash in Spelthorne on 20 September 1983 at 17:52 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 17:52 on Tuesday 20 September 1983. The 15-year-old male cyclist and the 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Sep 1983
Tuesday, 17:52
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44059, longitude -0.48276, in the TW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010IW0677
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1983010IW0677 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1983.