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Unclassified road crash in North Hertfordshire SG8 on 26 September 1989 at 19:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Hertfordshire at 19:15 on Tuesday 26 September 1989. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 1989
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04721, longitude -0.02407, in the SG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royston.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19894141E5044
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19894141E5044 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1989.