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A6135 crash in Sheffield on 27 December 2003 at 21:30 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle

A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A6135 in Sheffield at 21:30 on Saturday 27 December 2003. The 24-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2003
Saturday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Speedfight and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36439, longitude -1.43448, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor Castle, Sheffield, S2 1GT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314II00770
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6135
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 200314II00770 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2003.