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Serious unclassified road crash in North Lincolnshire DN20 on 6 June 1979 at 22:00 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire at 22:00 on Wednesday 6 June 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1979
Wednesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56515, longitude -0.54444, in the DN20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197916U040285
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, lighting unknown
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 10 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 197916U040285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1979.