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Fatal B6050 crash in Sheffield on 13 August 1981 at 22:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6050 in Sheffield at 22:40 on Thursday 13 August 1981. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed, a 17-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 22-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Aug 1981
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32738, longitude -1.33273, in the S20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198114E101074
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6050
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198114E101074 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1981.