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Serious C road crash in Wiltshire SP5 on 1 June 1991 at 01:20 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on a C road in Wiltshire at 01:20 on Saturday 1 June 1991. The 23-year-old male rider and a 19-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 1991
Saturday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03957, longitude -1.85304, in the SP5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199154AN02291
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199154AN02291 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 1991.