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Serious B6000 crash in Derby on 22 August 1981 at 13:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B6000 in Derby at 13:25 on Saturday 22 August 1981. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Aug 1981
Saturday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91572, longitude -1.46458, in the DE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981301D02183
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6000
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1981301D02183 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1981.