Unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS5 on 26 December 1980 at 16:28 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 16:28 on Friday 26 December 1980. The 18-year-old male rider and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 1980
- Friday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55952, longitude -1.25355, in the TS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198017E101484
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, 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 198017E101484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Middlesbrough road accident statistics for 1980.