Serious A4071 crash in Rugby on 20 December 1985 at 16:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A4071 in Rugby at 16:10 on Friday 20 December 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Dec 1985
- Friday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36634, longitude -1.27739, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985238502005
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4071
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 25 June 1986
At the same spotRef 1986238600886
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 20 August 1979
At the same spotRef 1979230001274
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 30 November 1979
At the same spotRef 1979230001958
Slight
Car crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 5 November 1982
At the same spotRef 1982238201852
Slight
Van crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 19 September 1981
At the same spotRef 1981238101464
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 29 January 1991
At the same spotRef 1991239100194
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, 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 1985238502005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1985.