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A616 crash in Sheffield on 30 October 1980 at 06:05 involving a taxi

Three taxis were involved in a crash on the A616 in Sheffield at 06:05 on Thursday 30 October 1980. A 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1, the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1980
Thursday, 06:05
Vehicles
3
Taxi and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48408, longitude -1.60137, in the S36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stocksbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198014F201383
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
616
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198014F201383 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 1980.