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Serious A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 9 January 1985 at 15:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 15:20 on Wednesday 9 January 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1985
Wednesday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51942, longitude -2.57111, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198552DF00034
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 6 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, 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 198552DF00034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1985.