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Serious A630 crash in Doncaster on 28 October 1980 at 17:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A630 in Doncaster at 17:05 on Tuesday 28 October 1980. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 1980
Tuesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52128, longitude -1.13722, in the DN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014A102429
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
630
Road type
Dual 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, street lights lit
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 16 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198014A102429 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1980.