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Serious A628 crash in Barnsley on 1 May 1981 at 10:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A628 in Barnsley at 10:30 on Friday 1 May 1981. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 May 1981
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54698, longitude -1.52155, in the S75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dodworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198114B200735
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 serious injury crash on 19 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198114B200735 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 1981.