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C road crash in Doncaster DN7 on 8 February 1985 at 17:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Doncaster at 17:40 on Friday 8 February 1985. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 1985
Friday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56667, longitude -1.02034, in the DN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunscroft and Hatfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514A200276
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198514A200276 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1985.