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A428 crash in Rugby on 22 October 1997 at 16:45 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A taxi and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A428 in Rugby at 16:45 on Wednesday 22 October 1997. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37546, longitude -1.28311, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701888
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 20 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1997239701888 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1997.