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Serious A161 crash in Bassetlaw on 12 August 2012 at 15:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A161 in Bassetlaw at 15:30 on Sunday 12 August 2012. The 45-year-old male rider and a 40-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Aug 2012
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44906, longitude -0.84951, in the DN10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201231B195012
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
161
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 201231B195012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 2012.