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Serious unclassified road crash in Rotherham S62 on 23 October 1982 at 00:44 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 00:44 on Saturday 23 October 1982. A 25-year-old female pedestrian and a 25-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Oct 1982
Saturday, 00:44
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46027, longitude -1.33938, in the S62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawmarsh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198214C201881
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    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 198214C201881 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 1982.