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Fatal A6026 crash in Calderdale on 30 August 1980 at 19:20 involving a car

A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A6026 in Calderdale at 19:20 on Saturday 30 August 1980. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was killed and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Aug 1980
Saturday, 19:20
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69968, longitude -1.87046, in the HX3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halifax.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198013A138180
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6026
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (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 198013A138180 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 1980.