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Fatal B6090 crash in Rotherham on 7 December 1982 at 22:45 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B6090 in Rotherham at 22:45 on Tuesday 7 December 1982. The 30-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Dec 1982
Tuesday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47664, longitude -1.35736, in the S62 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198214C202212
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6090
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Flood over 3cm deep
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198214C202212 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.