A4155 crash in South Oxfordshire on 25 October 1984 at 08:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire at 08:55 on Thursday 25 October 1984. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 1984
- Thursday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53276, longitude -0.90198, in the RG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Henley-on-Thames.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198443E101104
- Council area
- South Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4155
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 29 January 1982
At the same spotRef 198243E078012
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 20 January 1990
At the same spotRef 199043E085010
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 8 December 2025
8 m awayRef 2025430626243
Slight
Car crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 7 January 2014
9 m awayRef 201443P045014
Slight
Car crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 14 June 1985
10 m awayRef 198543E043065
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire, 19 September 1989
10 m awayRef 198943E110099
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198443E101104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1984.