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Serious A630 crash in Rotherham on 23 December 1984 at 00:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A630 in Rotherham at 00:20 on Sunday 23 December 1984. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1984
Sunday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44194, longitude -1.32341, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198414C102481
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
630
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198414C102481 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 1984.