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Serious unclassified road crash in Wakefield WF1 on 28 December 1990 at 05:50 involving a Honda NP50D motorcycle

A Honda NP50D motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wakefield at 05:50 on Friday 28 December 1990. The 65-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1990
Friday, 05:50
Vehicles
1
Honda NP50D
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69294, longitude -1.47659, in the WF1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wakefield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199013DA51990
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 110 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NP50D

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NP50D)

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 199013DA51990 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wakefield road accident statistics for 1990.