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A456 crash in Wyre Forest on 2 October 1985 at 18:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A456 in Wyre Forest at 18:25 on Wednesday 2 October 1985. The 18-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 1985
Wednesday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38869, longitude -2.25181, in the DY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidderminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985220110003
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 8 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • 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
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, 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 1985220110003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1985.