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B4176 crash in South Staffordshire on 31 May 1983 at 15:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4176 in South Staffordshire at 15:25 on Tuesday 31 May 1983. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1983
Tuesday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52418, longitude -2.19805, in the WV5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983213200326
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4176
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 6 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1983213200326 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1983.