B4220 crash in Malvern Hills on 8 January 1991 at 18:25 involving a Puch motorcycle
A Puch motorcycle crashed on the B4220 in Malvern Hills at 18:25 on Tuesday 8 January 1991. The 54-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 1991
- Tuesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Puch
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0871, longitude -2.45034, in the HR8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991220501023
- Council area
- Malvern Hills
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4220
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 49 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 2022.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 11 September 2022
49 m awayRef 2022221218110
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4220 in the Malvern Hills, 16 July 1981
103 m awayRef 1981220507043
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 10 June 2003
179 m awayRef 200322ED24919
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 1 January 2022
190 m awayRef 2022221131658
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the B4220 in Herefordshire, 28 January 2016
191 m awayRef 2016220045877
Serious
MG Metro crash on the B4220 in the Malvern Hills, 1 March 1996
206 m awayRef 199622EX01424
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Puch
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Road works
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Puch)
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 1991220501023 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Malvern Hills road accident statistics for 1991.