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A61 crash in Sheffield on 30 August 1985 at 13:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A61 in Sheffield at 13:40 on Friday 30 August 1985. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
30 Aug 1985
Friday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38493, longitude -1.46128, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514D101368
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
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
B
Second road number
6073

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, 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 198514D101368 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1985.