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Fatal B6427 crash in Rotherham on 23 October 1980 at 19:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit two pedestrians on the B6427 in Rotherham at 19:55 on Thursday 23 October 1980. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 74-year-old female pedestrian and the 17-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Oct 1980
Thursday, 19:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42811, longitude -1.19555, in the S66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maltby.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014C301652
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6427
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, 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 198014C301652 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.