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Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S65 on 28 April 1990 at 16:25 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 16:25 on Saturday 28 April 1990. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle, the 9-year-old male cyclist and an 8-year-old male passenger on the bicycle were 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
28 Apr 1990
Saturday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and bicycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44039, longitude -1.31952, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014C100853
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    97 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199014C100853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1990.