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Fatal unclassified road crash in Bristol BS16 on 20 October 1984 at 09:03 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 09:03 on Saturday 20 October 1984. The 61-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Oct 1984
Saturday, 09:03
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47352, longitude -2.52288, in the BS16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198452CGE2001
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 61, 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 198452CGE2001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 1984.