A443 crash in Worcester on 4 December 1986 at 18:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A443 in Worcester at 18:35 on Thursday 4 December 1986. The 44-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 4 Dec 1986; Thursday, 18:35
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986220312014
Council area: Worcester
Police force: West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 443
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: B
Second road number: 4206

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
49 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 44, 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 1986220312014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1986.