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A616 crash in Sheffield on 24 July 1982 at 17:40 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A616 in Sheffield at 17:40 on Saturday 24 July 1982. The 69-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 1982
Saturday, 17:40
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48207, longitude -1.58979, in the S36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stocksbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198214F200973
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
616
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198214F200973 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1982.