Unclassified road crash in Tendring on 14 December 1987 at 15:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Tendring at 15:20 on Monday 14 December 1987. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 14 Dec 1987; Monday, 15:20
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19874200E1276
Council area: Tendring
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19874200E1276 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1987.