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A61 crash in Sheffield on 24 April 1980 at 08:24 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A61 in Sheffield at 08:24 on Thursday 24 April 1980. The 49-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 12-year-old male passenger on the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1980
Thursday, 08:24
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34393, longitude -1.47816, in the S8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014E200645
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 24 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198014E200645 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1980.