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Serious M1 crash in Rotherham on 15 October 1996 at 08:35 involving a Honda CBR600F motorcycle

A car and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M1 in Rotherham at 08:35 on Tuesday 15 October 1996. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Oct 1996
Tuesday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Car and Honda CBR600F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37669, longitude -1.27979, in the S66 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199614FF00741
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
18

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)

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 199614FF00741 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 1996.