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B6029 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 12 February 1989 at 22:00 involving a motor scooter

Two motor scooters were involved in a crash on the B6029 in Newark and Sherwood at 22:00 on Sunday 12 February 1989. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 18-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1989
Sunday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07583, longitude -0.80044, in the NG24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newark-on-Trent.

Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989317S20100
Council area
Newark and Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6029
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 March 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1989317S20100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 1989.