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Unclassified road crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme ST7 on 15 October 1980 at 19:25 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 19:25 on Wednesday 15 October 1980. The 19-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet road with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1980
Wednesday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0707, longitude -2.30249, in the ST7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle-under-Lyme

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980210700435
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 1980210700435 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle-under-Lyme road accident statistics for 1980.