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A6089 crash in Rotherham on 14 February 1979 at 08:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6089 in Rotherham at 08:15 on Wednesday 14 February 1979. A 19-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Feb 1979
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44224, longitude -1.36164, in the S61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197914C100305
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6089
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 197914C100305 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1979.