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B4141 crash in Swindon on 8 January 1985 at 07:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4141 in Swindon at 07:40 on Tuesday 8 January 1985. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1985
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5933, longitude -1.75945, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198554DN00175
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4141
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 198554DN00175 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1985.