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Unclassified road crash in Sheffield S8 on 28 July 1980 at 13:15 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 13:15 on Monday 28 July 1980. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jul 1980
Monday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3559, longitude -1.46299, 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
198014E201126
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198014E201126 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.