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C road crash in Wiltshire SN6 on 3 August 1989 at 15:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Wiltshire at 15:00 on Thursday 3 August 1989. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 1989
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64201, longitude -1.85544, in the SN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cricklade.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198954DH00799
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, 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 198954DH00799 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 1989.