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Serious unclassified road crash in Basildon SS13 on 8 November 1989 at 06:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 06:30 on Wednesday 8 November 1989. The 63-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 67-year-old male cyclist were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1989
Wednesday, 06:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58373, longitude 0.51295, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19894200B0979
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 2 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19894200B0979 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 1989.