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C road crash in West Lindsey LN8 on 11 October 1980 at 20:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on a C road in West Lindsey at 20:10 on Saturday 11 October 1980. The 49-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1980
Saturday, 20:10
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40091, longitude -0.23117, in the LN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198032C090180
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198032C090180 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 1980.