Serious A443 crash in Worcester on 16 December 1986 at 20:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A443 in Worcester at 20:00 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986220312071
Council area: Worcester
Police force: West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 443
Road type: Dual 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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry
Special conditions at the site: Roadworks
Carriageway hazards: Roadworks

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
34 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 34, 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 1986220312071 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.