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A4147 crash in St Albans on 11 August 1997 at 12:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A4147 in St Albans at 12:55 on Monday 11 August 1997. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1997
Monday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74218, longitude -0.39446, in the AL3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100F0303
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4147
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19974100F0303 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 1997.