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Serious B6463 crash in Doncaster on 25 October 1980 at 12:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the B6463 in Doncaster at 12:50 on Saturday 25 October 1980. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle, a 22-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Oct 1980
Saturday, 12:50
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44458, longitude -1.07404, in the DN11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014A202449
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6463
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 185 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198014A202449 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.