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Unclassified road crash in Barnsley S73 on 12 November 1979 at 19:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 19:25 on Monday 12 November 1979. A 55-year-old male pedestrian and the 25-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 1979
Monday, 19:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53075, longitude -1.40934, in the S73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wombwell.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197914B201795
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 197914B201795 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.