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Serious A689 crash in Hartlepool on 12 April 1983 at 13:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 13:50 on Tuesday 12 April 1983. The 42-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 32-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Apr 1983
Tuesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64398, longitude -1.2503, in the TS22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198317J200215
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, 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 198317J200215 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 1983.