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Fatal A657 crash in Bradford on 25 April 1982 at 21:55 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A657 in Bradford at 21:55 on Sunday 25 April 1982. The 17-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was killed, the 47-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motor scooter was slightly 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
Fatal
Date
25 Apr 1982
Sunday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83739, longitude -1.72324, in the BD10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213C015282
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
657
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 slight injury crash on 27 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198213C015282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1982.