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Serious unclassified road crash in North East Lincolnshire DN32 on 19 June 1979 at 07:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire at 07:30 on Tuesday 19 June 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and the 37-year-old female cyclist were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jun 1979
Tuesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56055, longitude -0.06718, in the DN32 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
197916W050315
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
Using private drive or entrance
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 1 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197916W050315 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.