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Serious A631 crash in Rotherham on 23 February 1980 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A631 in Rotherham at 18:30 on Saturday 23 February 1980. A 24-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 1980
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42428, longitude -1.25717, in the S66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickersley and Bramley.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014C300295
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 198014C300295 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1980.