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Serious A63 crash in Kingston upon Hull on 24 February 1980 at 12:52 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A63 in Kingston upon Hull at 12:52 on Sunday 24 February 1980. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 1980
Sunday, 12:52
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74066, longitude -0.39313, in the HU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Hull.

Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Hull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198016M010094
Council area
Kingston upon Hull
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Dual 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198016M010094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Hull road accident statistics for 1980.