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Fatal A638 crash in Doncaster on 9 February 1997 at 15:15 involving a BMW motorcycle

A car and a BMW motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A638 in Doncaster at 15:15 on Sunday 9 February 1997. The 44-year-old male rider of the BMW motorcycle was killed and a 43-year-old female passenger on the BMW motorcycle and the 32-year-old female driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Feb 1997
Sunday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57659, longitude -1.20738, in the DN6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199714CC00087
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199714CC00087 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1997.