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A61 crash in Sheffield on 10 March 2020 at 11:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A61 in Sheffield at 11:20 on Tuesday 10 March 2020. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 2020
Tuesday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41347, longitude -1.49976, in the S6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southey, Sheffield, S5 8NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020140938742
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Dual 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, lighting unknown
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), 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 2020140938742 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 2020.