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Serious B1289 crash in Sunderland on 6 February 1982 at 00:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B1289 in Sunderland at 00:20 on Saturday 6 February 1982. A 21-year-old male passenger and the 24-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 1982
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91523, longitude -1.38364, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198210F301182
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1289
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
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 198210F301182 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1982.