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Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S61 on 27 September 1980 at 08:25

A vehicle crashed on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 08:25 on Saturday 27 September 1980. A 14-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 1980
Saturday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44356, longitude -1.39158, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014C101511
Council area
Rotherham
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 198014C101511 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 1980.