Unclassified road crash in Thurrock on 13 December 1986 at 16:54 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 16:54 on Saturday 13 December 1986. The 16-year-old male 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, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 13 Dec 1986; Saturday, 16:54
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19864200F1044
Council area: Thurrock
Police force: Essex

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: 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
North East
Travelling to
South West
Hit object in carriageway
Parked vehicle
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
66 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 19864200F1044 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1986.