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Fatal B683 crash in Nottingham on 10 March 1979 at 23:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B683 in Nottingham at 23:50 on Saturday 10 March 1979. The 53-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 65-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were killed and two other people were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Mar 1979
Saturday, 23:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
4
2 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9958, longitude -1.17887, in the NG6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979314110622
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
683
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 53, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 65, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, 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 1979314110622 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 1979.