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Serious unclassified road crash in Bassetlaw DN22 on 5 January 1983 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Bassetlaw at 22:50 on Wednesday 5 January 1983. The 18-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1983
Wednesday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35291, longitude -0.90641, in the DN22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983311210045
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, 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 1983311210045 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 1983.