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Fatal A160 crash in North Lincolnshire on 18 July 1983 at 23:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A160 in North Lincolnshire at 23:40 on Monday 18 July 1983. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and the 26-year-old male driver of the car and a 22-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Jul 1983
Monday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62744, longitude -0.26708, in the DN40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198316E010602
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
160
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198316E010602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1983.