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Serious A63 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 5 July 1979 at 16:56 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A63 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 16:56 on Thursday 5 July 1979. The 80-year-old male cyclist and the 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jul 1979
Thursday, 16:56
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72183, longitude -0.47235, in the HU14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197916M050321
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 197916M050321 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1979.