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Serious unclassified road crash in Bolsover NG20 on 26 March 1998 at 12:45 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bolsover at 12:45 on Thursday 26 March 1998. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 1998
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19661, longitude -1.2171, in the NG20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shirebrook.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308C00203
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

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

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 1998308C00203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 1998.