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Serious B4461 crash in South Gloucestershire on 14 November 1983 at 15:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire at 15:55 on Monday 14 November 1983. A 35-year-old female pedestrian, an 18-year-old female passenger and the 19-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Nov 1983
Monday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59115, longitude -2.53766, in the BS35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alveston.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352DFT2090
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4461
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 198352DFT2090 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1983.