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Serious unclassified road crash in Newark and Sherwood NG22 on 10 June 1980 at 18:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newark and Sherwood at 18:50 on Tuesday 10 June 1980. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
Serious
Date
10 Jun 1980
Tuesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13273, longitude -1.02695, in the NG22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilsthorpe.

Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980312110950
Council area
Newark and Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 1980312110950 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 1980.