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Serious B783 crash in South Lanarkshire on 16 May 1981 at 19:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B783 in South Lanarkshire at 19:40 on Saturday 16 May 1981. A 21-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 May 1981
Saturday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77272, longitude -4.1712, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197QA02105
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
783
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 serious injury crash on 29 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, 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 198197QA02105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1981.