Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S72 on 21 July 1979 at 16:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 16:45 on Saturday 21 July 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 20-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were 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
- 21 Jul 1979
- Saturday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57193, longitude -1.41224, in the S72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cudworth and Shafton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197914B201129
- 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
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist, 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 197914B201129 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.