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Fatal A1(M) crash in Doncaster on 13 August 1985 at 02:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1(M) in Doncaster at 02:40 on Tuesday 13 August 1985. The 46-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Aug 1985
Tuesday, 02:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4793, longitude -1.15013, in the DN11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Doncaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198514A201652
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
18

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 29 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, 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 198514A201652 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 1985.