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C road crash in Barnsley S72 on 7 March 1985 at 16:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Barnsley at 16:55 on Thursday 7 March 1985. The 50-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 13-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1985
Thursday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57527, longitude -1.37912, in the S72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimethorpe.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514B200406
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198514B200406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 1985.