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Serious A4 crash in Slough on 3 November 1989 at 13:40 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Slough at 13:40 on Friday 3 November 1989. The 35-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 28-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 1989
Friday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52029, longitude -0.64716, in the SL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198943C024119
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198943C024119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 1989.