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Serious unclassified road crash in Barnsley S74 on 25 May 1979 at 17:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 17:10 on Friday 25 May 1979. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 May 1979
Friday, 17:10
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49947, longitude -1.42726, in the S74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoyland.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197914B200850
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2019.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    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 197914B200850 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 1979.