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Serious unclassified road crash in North East Lincolnshire DN34 on 13 May 1979 at 15:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire at 15:25 on Sunday 13 May 1979. The 68-year-old male rider 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
13 May 1979
Sunday, 15:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55331, longitude -0.12654, in the DN34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimsby.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197916V040234
Council area
North East Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, 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 197916V040234 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1979.