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A460 crash in Cannock Chase on 9 November 1983 at 08:15 involving a van

A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A460 in Cannock Chase at 08:15 on Wednesday 9 November 1983. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1983
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Van and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75096, longitude -1.94262, in the WS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugeley.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983213200731
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
460
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: 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 1983213200731 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cannock Chase road accident statistics for 1983.