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A444 crash in South Derbyshire on 2 September 1985 at 18:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A444 in South Derbyshire at 18:10 on Monday 2 September 1985. 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 crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Sep 1985
Monday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.73273, longitude -1.56309, in the DE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Overseal and Castle Gresley.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985305D00616
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
444
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5003

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 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1985305D00616 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1985.