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Serious unclassified road crash in Doncaster DN3 on 24 January 1979 at 11:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Doncaster at 11:25 on Wednesday 24 January 1979. A 35-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1979
Wednesday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57812, longitude -1.06961, in the DN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnby Dun.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197914A200178
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197914A200178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1979.