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C road crash in Cambridge CB1 on 19 December 1987 at 05:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Cambridge at 05:25 on Saturday 19 December 1987. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1987
Saturday, 05:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20143, longitude 0.15544, in the CB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987352256187
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, 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 1987352256187 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1987.