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Serious unclassified road crash in Sheffield S36 on 12 December 1981 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 23:20 on Saturday 12 December 1981. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1981
Saturday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4799, longitude -1.58604, in the S36 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198114F201669
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198114F201669 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 1981.