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Serious B6388 crash in Sheffield on 25 March 1985 at 17:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6388 in Sheffield at 17:10 on Monday 25 March 1985. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously 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
Serious
Date
25 Mar 1985
Monday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35602, longitude -1.45007, in the S2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514E200370
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6388
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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 13 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198514E200370 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.