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A426 crash in Rugby on 13 August 1983 at 17:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A426 in Rugby at 17:20 on Saturday 13 August 1983. The 41-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 1983
Saturday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33766, longitude -1.29106, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunchurch.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983238301221
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
45

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 fatal crash on 18 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, 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 1983238301221 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1983.