Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S60 on 30 July 1982 at 09:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 09:45 on Friday 30 July 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jul 1982
- Friday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40802, longitude -1.31778, in the S60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whiston.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198214C101337
- Council area
- Rotherham
- Police force
- South Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1979.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 30 July 1979
14 m awayRef 197914C101305
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Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 11 June 1988
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Slight
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Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham, 1 October 2009
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, 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 198214C101337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1982.