Serious B4363 crash in Shropshire on 31 October 1989 at 21:00 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4363 in Shropshire at 21:00 on Tuesday 31 October 1989. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Oct 1989
- Tuesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5308, longitude -2.41875, in the WV16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgnorth.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1989220110053
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4363
- 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
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 13 April 1983
At the same spotRef 1983220104023
Slight
Renault 21 crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 19 March 1990
At the same spotRef 1990220103017
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 17 November 2024
9 m awayRef 2024221518827
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4373 in Shropshire, 18 March 1985
10 m awayRef 1985220103023
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B4373 in Shropshire, 2 July 1990
10 m awayRef 1990220107001
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4373 in Shropshire, 27 August 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220108065
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 48 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 1989220110053 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 1989.