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Serious A227 crash in Gravesham on 26 March 1983 at 12:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A227 in Gravesham at 12:30 on Saturday 26 March 1983. The 60-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 1983
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37642, longitude 0.36219, in the DA13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983463102153
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
227
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 10 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1983463102153 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gravesham road accident statistics for 1983.