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Fatal A6038 crash in Bradford on 10 August 1981 at 15:00 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A6038 in Bradford at 15:00 on Monday 10 August 1981. The 68-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Aug 1981
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8304, longitude -1.77647, in the BD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shipley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198113B100481
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6038
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 68, 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 198113B100481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1981.