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Serious unclassified road crash in Hartlepool TS24 on 27 March 1985 at 11:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool at 11:20 on Wednesday 27 March 1985. The 65-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1985
Wednesday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69691, longitude -1.22062, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198517J100173
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, 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 198517J100173 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 1985.