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Serious B6041 crash in Bassetlaw on 21 September 2024 at 23:28 involving a taxi

A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6041 in Bassetlaw at 23:28 on Saturday 21 September 2024. The 15-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 2024
Saturday, 23:28
Vehicles
2
Taxi and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32537, longitude -1.1142, in the S81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worksop. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worksop North East, Bassetlaw, S81 0XA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024311494374
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6041
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2024311494374 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 2024.