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Serious A52 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 15 September 1983 at 11:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A52 in Stoke-on-Trent at 11:30 on Thursday 15 September 1983. The 62-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 1983
Thursday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02127, longitude -2.15947, in the ST1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

Map of where the crash happened in Stoke-on-Trent

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983213300503
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, 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 1983213300503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stoke-on-Trent road accident statistics for 1983.