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Serious A159 crash in North Lincolnshire on 1 August 1988 at 14:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle, two bicycles and a car were involved in a crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire at 14:15 on Monday 1 August 1988. The 13-year-old male cyclist and the 13-year-old male cyclist were seriously injured and the 16-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, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Aug 1988
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
4
Motorcycle and 3 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56134, longitude -0.6566, in the DN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scunthorpe.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198816D100809
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
159
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2020.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198816D100809 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1988.