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Unclassified road crash in South Holland PE11 on 17 May 1980 at 00:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in South Holland at 00:45 on Saturday 17 May 1980. The 22-year-old male rider and a 26-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 1980
Saturday, 00:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80192, longitude -0.16746, in the PE11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198032A047680
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 94 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, 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 198032A047680 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 1980.