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A439 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 17 August 1997 at 15:25 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A439 in Stratford-on-Avon at 15:25 on Sunday 17 August 1997. The 48-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and a 55-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1997
Sunday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1995, longitude -1.69504, in the CV37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701425
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
439
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, 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 1997239701425 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 1997.