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Fatal B3408 crash in Bracknell Forest on 12 December 1985 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit two pedestrians on the B3408 in Bracknell Forest at 16:00 on Thursday 12 December 1985. A 55-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 34-year-old male rider and a 3-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 1985
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41836, longitude -0.76407, in the RG42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bracknell.

Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198543C071125
Council area
Bracknell Forest
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3408
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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 slight injury crash on 31 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198543C071125 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 1985.