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Serious unclassified road crash in Rushcliffe NG2 on 2 June 1980 at 17:15 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe at 17:15 on Monday 2 June 1980. The 61-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jun 1980
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91247, longitude -1.15308, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980315210685
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 1980315210685 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 1980.